near the German border Sonja Anderson In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia ...

Learn how environmental changes have humbled many of history’s most successful and dominant cultures.

We Might Feel Love in Our Fingertips But Did the Ancient Mesopotamians? Dec. 4, 2024 — A multidisciplinary team of researchers studied a large body of texts to find out how people in the ancient ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

With so many "lost cities" being discovered, it's natural that ancient civilizations would fascinate us, especially the advanced ones. Many assume technological advancement is a modern phenomenon ...

Located in the ancient capital Xi’an, the university has long focused on archaeological research in the northwestern region of China, uncovering civilizations from Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests Elizabeth Frood, Richard Parkinson and Kate Spence discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who brought revolutionary change to ancient Egypt. Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

Age of Empires 4 offers eight playable civilizations, each with unique upgrades and infantry options, providing a wide variety of gameplay experiences. The Mongols stand out with their early ...