Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system ...

‘Fasting gives us both an opportunity, I think, to sort of channel our spiritual practices, but also to remind us of our mortality in a way that we simply don’t have in the 21st century,’ said author ...

Images conjured by the mention of beer tend to be male-centered, but that wasn't the case for many centuries. This is the real story behind brewing beer.

AI networking startup Eridu launches with $200M in funding to redesign AI data center networking using a clean-sheet network switch and customer silicon.

There are actually 13 zodiac signs. If you look at the constellations along the ecliptic, you’ll find not 12 but 13 of them over the course of a year. Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, was forgotten. Or ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

Greg Jenner is joined in the ancient world by Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and comedian Marjolein Robertson to learn all about the famous Mesopotamian poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh. Sumerian poems about a ...

The Chet Holifield Federal Building, better known as the Ziggurat for its pyramid-like silhouette, is once again available ...

The pop-up exhibition in downtown Los Angeles takes visitors through the real world of the virtual band. It runs through ...

This is one word for which you might need good luck to spell correctly or even to know what it means. It’s pronounced ...

Hasan Hadi's debut feature film is a neorealist look at how life under Saddam Hussein and sanctions in 1990s Iraq destroyed ...

By Joseph Tulloch Over the past week, Iranian forces have launched an operation targeting Kurdish groups in the ...