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

Today, trans people face politicization of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society.

Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.

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 ...

Assyrian political organizations and religious institutions in northern Iraq have been systematically infiltrated through KRG-linked channels. Financial inducements, selective employment, and ...

Mary Magdalene had already been on my mind as a few weeks earlier I had read a long essay (‘Mistaking Mary Magdalene’, April ...

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

Explore whether a “gambling gene” exists and how genetics, technology, and culture intertwine to shape humanity’s growing ...

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