The resting place of Noah’s Ark—a ship said in the Bible to have saved two of every animal during an ancient Great Flood sent by God to flush evil out of the world—may have been located ...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a collection of remarkable architectural achievements, have long captivated the ...

It instructs travelers to go “seven leagues… [to] see something thick as a parsiktu-vessel.” The term “parsiktu” has appeared on other ancient Babylonian texts, typically describing a large boat, ...

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In the Myth of the Solar Eye, an ancient Egyptian story ... in the shape of Bes’s head that belongs to the Tampa Museum of Art. Alongside teams at the University of Trieste and the University ...

A major discovery in Iraq’s historic Babylon Governorate is a significant breakthrough in better understanding the evolution of the ancient city. There are parts of the excavation site that date ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's most ancient map that could help locate the remnants of ‘Noah’s ark’ in ancient Mesopotamia. Housed at the British Museum, a Babylonian artefact known as Imago ...

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A double ring encircles Mesopotamia, referred to by the ancient scribe as the “bitter river.” This river marked the boundaries of the known world for the Babylonians. Inside the Bitter River, small ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.