In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

A trio of archaeologists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, both in Spain, and the ...

Regional leaders gathered in Baghdad on Saturday to attend the annual Arab League Summit. They commemorated the union with a ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Freedom or death has always been a battle cry and virtue for the Greeks throughout their history. From the battles against ...

There’s something intriguing, even frightening, about the image of an ancient horned serpent roaming ... The discovery of rock art dated to between 1821 and 1835 adds even more credence to ...

Varanasi: The GI-tagged Gulabi Meenakari, or pink enameling, an ODOP (One District One Product) from Varanasi, is gradually establishing its presence .

It remains to be studied if the engravings and art depictions on top of the obelisk would have been visible to anyone travelling by boat on the Nile due to the distance.

From millennia B.C. up until now, the Persian Gulf has always been referred to with the same ancient name or the ‘Persian Sea’ in a variety of books, travelogues, documents, maps, historical research, ...

For example, the stories of tragic poets like Aeschylus include clues and insights how ancient Greeks faced the complex challenge of living together for protection, justice and eudaimonia/flourishing.

In his study, Dr. Graur reviewed 125 images of the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced "Noot"), found among 555 ancient Egyptian coffins dating back nearly 5,000 years. Combining astronomy with Egyptology ...

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a ...