New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

From the ancient Greek city of Philadelphia—modern Amman—to the mosaic marvels of Madaba, Jordan's landscape reveals ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the warnings etched in stone tablets, whispered through sacred texts, and painted ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

A recent study is changing the understanding of how urbanization developed in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the analysis, the emergence of the Sumerian civilization was not only the result of ...

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...

We chat with author Dalia al-Dujaili about her migration memoir Babylon, Albion ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh's ...

Research shows that ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer, the world’s first civilization. Shifting deltas and tidal rhythms ...

The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...

The world is rediscovering sustainable living; Bharat only needs to remember it. The explorers of ancient Bharat had one ...

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

We speak to Madees Khoury, the Middle East’s only female brewmaster, carrying a family legacy, breaking gender norms, and bringing Palestinian beer to the world ...