A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...

However, a recent study published in the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient challenges this notion and offers an alternative perspective on violence in Middle Bronze Age ...

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

Staff Writers Molly Hanley and Rania Woodward take opposite sides in the debate between physical books and e-readers.

Classic board games go digital in this episode of Tech Byte! Learn how technology is taking tabletop gaming to the next level ...

By Jon WinklerThe history and development of the East End is inexorably intertwined with that of the Montaukett and ...

Tear bottles, believed to be a pre-Christian custom, were used to collect tears, particularly by women who lost their ...

American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, is still remembered for its ...