In the arid desert of southern Iraq, the remains of one of the world’s oldest cities can be found. This is Eridu, created by ...

Other recording tablets have been found in Sumer, the earliest known civilization in the region of ancient Mesopotamia, depicting the population’s beer culture. One Sumerian tablet shows people ...

Ancient Egyptian Religion and Gods A vintage illustration from the Papyrus of Ani showing Osiris (left) with Isis (right) on a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs from circa 1250 B.C., during the 19th ...

While the civilization's rulers, language, writing, climate, religion and borders have changed many times over the millennia, Egypt still exists as a modern-day country. Ancient Egypt was closely ...

On 10.04.2025, Sebastian Fink from the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Innsbruck organized a workshop entitled “New Approaches to the Sumerian ...

Deipnosophistae is a work by Athenaeus, written around 200 CE, about well-read people philosophizing at the dinner table and enjoying good food and drink. The title is a combination of two words: ...

What was the religion of ancient Egyptians, and what did it say about the afterlife? Ancient Egyptians worshipped many different gods and goddesses. The most important ones included Osiris (the ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a new ...

Tomb of ancient Egyptian prince discovered behind 'fake' 4.5m granite door Mysterious chamber beneath Great Pyramid of Egypt could be tomb of Jesus, expert suggests The documentation of the ...

Ancient beliefs, behaviors and norms – what archaeologists call culture – were fundamentally integrated into technological solutions in this part of Peru in ancient times. Isolating and ...