From religious worship to battle songs, singing has always been at the heart of human tradition. It is a form of expression, ...

A majority of the Assyrian population today is spread across the diaspora with no nation-state of their own. The exodus of the Assyrian population comes from ongoing efforts to erase the indigenous ...

Introduction of the organized gambling venues or halls over informal betting was another milestone in the history of casino games. Whereas Western Europe tended to outlaw gambling as a vice, other ...

Heat waves are among the deadliest natural disasters. Shade is a vital defense. But in cities like LA, it’s treated as a ...

Tides, rivers, and shifting coasts shaped Sumer, the world’s first urban society - offering lessons for today’s climate ...

They posited that human ingenuity alone couldn’t have produced the surplus needed to feed ancient city-states like Uruk, Ur, ...

Step back in time to explore one of the world’s earliest and most influential civilizations: Ancient Mesopotamia. What was ...

A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, limiting its ...

How did ancient Sumer thrive? New research points to natural tidal irrigation! Tides brought water and nutrients to early farms, kickstarting cities. As the coast shifted, Sumerians adapted, building ...

A newly published study challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, ...

A newly published study in PLOS ONE, Morphodynamic Foundations of Sumer,challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting that the rise of ...