Sumeria stands as one of the most significant and foundational civilizations in human history. Located in the fertile region of Mesopotamia, this ancient civilization is widely regarded as the ...

Fi Imagine a scene: a fiery chariot descends from the heavens, leaving a trail of light across the sky. A being steps out, ...

and laid the foundations for future mathematics and astronomy. For some three thousand years, Mesopotamia remained the preeminent force in the Near East. In 539 BC, however, Cyrus the Great captured ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Jupiter is lost from view soon after and heads toward its conjunction with the Sun on the 24th. It’ll reappear in the morning sky in late July. Meanwhile ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out a bit later in the evening this time of year to see the Milky Way. Be sure to go out before the Moon comes up.

Mesopotamia - the legendary land between the Euphrates and the Tigris - was an open laboratory 4,500 years ago. Scribes pressed reed pens into soft clay and invented cuneiform, leaving not only ...

Neil Hegarty An Irishman in Northern Mesopotamia by Nicholas Mackey (Unicorn, £25) Northern Mesopotamia stands between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers in what is now southeast Türkiye ...

Question: How does the Cincinnati Observatory qualify as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy?" Answer: The Cincinnati Observatory is known as ‘The Birthplace of American Astronomy’ because ...

Richard Bond, a University Professor in the David A. Dunlap department of astronomy and astrophysics and the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts & Science and professor at the Canadian ...