Recent archaeological discoveries in Tamil Nadu reveal South India as an early hub of iron smelting, challenging historical ...

Reports of unexplained aerial phenomena have been recorded for centuries. However, there is no consensus on what constitutes ...

Kissing is a big part of human culture. According to ancient cuneiform tablets found in Iraq, humans have been smooching since at least 2500 B.C. Around the world today, many societies share kisses in ...

Although many researchers assume that birthday celebrations date back to the ancient Egyptians, the earliest textual evidence of a birthday party proves these annual events are much older.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in central London. Crossing the threshold, the courier handed a wax-sealed ...

I think I may be one of the few people anymore who still uses an iron. Often I find myself ironing clothes in the morning ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...

Damascus,SANA- The Damascus National Museum is one of the most important in the world and contains archaeological pieces that ...

cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a ...

Stars were "the heavenly writing"; a sheep's liver was "the tablet of the gods". You have a date palm with two tops? People ...

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With a fresh fizz and hoppy scent, a cold beer touches all of our senses. But as our climate changes, the flavour profile of ...