If you're making homemade pickles, you'll want to keep this tip in mind for maximum flavor. Here's the mistake you might be ...

The ancient Abu Dhabi Pearl is among the pieces on display at the Zayed National Museum, which opened this week.

WHY IRAQ? WHY NOW? Long overlooked and often misunderstood, Iraq is re-emerging as a destination of profound cultural and historical significance. Known as the heart of ancient Mesopotamia - where ...

Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

The fear of vampires did not begin with Dracula. Several thousand years ago, the ancient Mesopotamians had already recorded ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Bay Area leaders and gay rights advocates gathered Monday in San Francisco to honor community members and commemorate World AIDS Day.

The world’s first known lock-and-key system, dating back to 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, shows how ancient people protected their ...

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, ...

Join Jahannah James on a journey through the British Museum, where artifacts from Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia reveal the ...

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts.

The treasures of ancient cultures are a source of never ending inspiration. It is such a wonder to see the magnificence of the art that was created in the dawn of civilization, so long before our time ...