The world’s first known lock-and-key system, dating back to 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, shows how ancient people protected their valuables. Built from wood and pins, this mechanism inspired later Greek ...

A breakthrough study claims to have solved the centuries-old mystery of why the Indus Valley civilisation fell. The findings ...

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts. Understanding the forces that initially drove the emergence of states across the world ...

Home to Gilgamesh, Uruk was the major force of urbanization and state formation during the 4th millennium BC. In Epic of Gilgamesh, the king is said to have built the city’s monumental walls. There ...

Creating a great empire in ancient times was no simple task, and it usually involved a lot of warfare. Ancient Mesopotamia, called by many the cradle of civilization, was also the cradle of organized ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative bull's ...

During his campaign in Egypt at the turn of the 19th century, Napoleon told his soldiers that “from the summit of these pyramids, 40 centuries look down upon you.” It’s an extraordinary length of time ...

Reconstruction of the head of the man found inside a chamber in the tomb complex of Nurayrat Butt out of Europe, EU chief tells Trump Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney sell Wrexham stake to US private ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...