Ca. 2300–2000 b.c. The head likely depicts a Mesopotamian ruler and is one of the earliest known life-size lost-wax metal sculptures to survive. It had been thought that the head was virtually solid, ...

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events.

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Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

Rabat Castle in Mardin reveals 2,000-year-old artifacts, including coins and arrowheads from Hellenistic, Roman, and ...

According to scientists, the first recorded evidence of kissing dates back nearly 4,500 years to the ancient Middle East.

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By Bhaskar Sur* Swami Vivekananda now belongs more to the modern Hindu mythology than reality. It makes a daunting job to ...

Under the shadow of a centuries-old castle in Şanlıurfa, in southeastern Turkey, black-spotted golden carp swim in turquoise ...