The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

The Assyrian business community also had the first businesswomen and female investors. Generous tax breaks were given to ...

Taş Tepeler, which means “Stone Hills,” refers to a group of Neolithic archaeological sites around Şanlıurfa that has become ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

More than three millennia ago, an ancient map was carved into clay — and it matches perfectly with the Mesopotamian city of Nippur.