The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

Onions and their flavourful relatives feature prominently in cuisines across the globe, with a history of cultivation that ...

I debated Abdullah al Andalusi from the Muslim Debate Initiative at Manchester University (UK) on the subject of “Is Anti ...

Christopher Nolan is one of the best directors in Hollywood and he can help break a polarizing trend that has haunted ancient ...

In this extract from the documentary Persians: A History of Iran, we look at the Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil - a man-made mountain palace created 3,000 years ago by the Elamites in Iran. Watch the ...

Astrology, the belief that the positions of celestial bodies influence earthly events and human lives, has been a pervasive ...

Hector McDaniel of the Stark NAACP writes about the shared African experience of persistence and faith through hardship.

The endless suffering of the Jew and the frustration of the pathetic antisemite make a hell of a world that is filled with ...

Paris' Louvre is one of the world's most famous museums — and it's in dire need of renovation. But structural changes are not ...

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian ...

The literature that inspired BABYLONIA (Sourcebooks Landmark, 432 pp., $27.99) stretches as far back as the Greek historians Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus, who wrote of a powerful woman they ...