Some jokes are like a fine wine and age well with time; others get rather lost in translation as the centuries pass. One joke, etched in the ancient cuneiform writing of the Sumerian people, stands as ...

10 Ancient Technologies That Are Still a Mystery Today We often think about our distant ancestors as primitive, equipped with the crudest of tools and a limited set of skills. But more often than not, ...

The Budapest Museum of Fine Arts is opening its exhibition on the heritage of ancient Mesopotamia, the first to focus on the period in Hungary, on Saturday, the organizers said in a press release. The ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

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Today, Sumer the UK's leading mid-market accountancy practice for SMEs, announces the launch of Sumer Agriculture, a new service line supporting farmers, landowners, and rural agricultural businesses ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Virtuoso novelist Elif Shafak has received praise for her new novel. (Image / Supplied) British Turkish novelist Elif Shafak is justifiably one of the most beloved writers in the world. This is ...

As an architectural designer and researcher studying urban resilience, I have examined many of the techniques and the lessons these ancient civilizations ... the past. The Sumerians lived about ...

There are also images that look like depictions of ancient Sumerian figures: the tattooed head of a slave and a woman with bare breasts. Other signs depict animals and plants from the agricultural ...

From boxing contests with no weight classifications or point scoring to chariot racing where danger lurked on every corner, it is easy to see why the Ancient Games enthralled the Greeks for so long.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has confirmed a second season of its controversial Ancient Apocalypse series with Graham Hancock, who will be joined by Hollywood A-lister Keanu Reeves. Watch the trailer above.