Ancient medical texts found in Iraq reveal how Mesopotamian healers sometimes sent patients to sanctuaries as part of treatment.

More than 4,500 years ago, in one of humanity’s earliest civilizations, gender-diverse individuals held respected and ...

On a serene plain in southwestern Iran, the stepped ziggurat of Tchogha Zanbil has stood for more than 3,500 years, making it the best-preserved ziggurat outside Mesopotamia and one of the rare ...

In this two-part article, the author presents an overview of what various ancient textual artifacts “remember” about the earliest loan closings ...

Mary of Egypt’s story, a woman given to prostitution driven by insatiable lust rather than financial necessity, who underwent a dramatic conversion, and then lived in the desert with only the flowing ...

Human fascination with chance has buoyed the growth of online casinos over the centuries. From the ancient die roll in ...

The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share ...

Aneesh* read Kunju Kaaryangalude Odeythampuran, the Malayalam translation of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, when he ...

A long-lost, popular song used in Babylon schools has been reconstructed, revealing how children learned to write and civic ...

Scent stacking is a new trend where individuals combine various fragrances to create a personalised scent, gaining popularity among Gen Z and Millennials.

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

India, Jan. 20 -- As we usher in 2026, how many of us have pondered how the New Year was understood and signified in ancient ...