Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Archaeologists working at an ancient burial site in Bahrain have made a remarkable discovery that is shedding new light on the mysterious Dilmun civilization. A rare 3,300-year-old faience mask was ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed ...

Rare faience mask showing human face discovered in ancient Dilmun grave with two women and baby. Only second ever found in ...

Evidence has been found at Kazhaw that Christians and Zoroastrians coexisted 1,500 years ago in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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In September 2025, the V&A doubled down on this mammoth feat with the opening of the David Bowie Centre, where the late artist’s personal collection of costumes, musical instruments and general ...

Ida Redbird dug the clay she needed for the creation of her pots from the banks of the Gila River. Some say she tasted the gritty sand, and if it was too salty, she discarded it and moved to another ...

Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay vessels—and showed what fantastic discoveries modern scuba gear made possible. This ...

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