Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

A vast library was assembled in Assyria by King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2,700 years ago. The ...

Mexican pyramids are a key feature of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. While they share some similarities with Egyptian ...

This librarian wanted to know much more about the organisation of knowledge in Ashurbanipal's library, as there is a fair ...

An exploration of some of the oldest temples in the world, shedding light on the lives of ancient civilizations and their ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to the faith prevalent in the modern world today. Human beings have respected ...

Raw blocks of lapis lazuli were transported by foot or donkey from northeastern Afghanistan to Mesopotamian palaces ... canals and sprawling mud-brick temples. At the Met, subsequent galleries ...

In India, this fruit is offered to both Durga and Ganesha. In the Ganesha Bhujangam Stotra, a line in the verse describes ...

We learn that the Mesopotamian civilisations kept data on celestial movements for more than 600 years. All this careful observation and information gathering was there to help the astrologers ...