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

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.

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

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

So do any other animals kiss? If you want to know the answer, first you need to define a kiss — and that's not as simple as ...

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 ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought.

The total solar eclipse over North America this April is a great opportunity for kids to understand the dance of the Earth, sun and moon ...

Here, we discuss the potential reasons for this failure and review recent clinical data along with preclinical optogenetics evidence to argue that another nearby nucleus, the cuneiform nucleus (CnF), ...

In The Library of Ancient Wisdom, Selena Wisnom takes a thrilling trip back to Mesopotamia, birthplace of horoscopes and ...