This Monday, Nov. 18, Associate Professor of the Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist Harrison Wick and the ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

It wasn’t always such a given. High and late medieval dice were often designed with opposite sides having consecutive values ...

Regular old vanilla doesn't cut it these days. You gotta get some tasty, chunky bits of something in there for variety. But ...

Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.

Frederick Hardtke, who described its unique placement: “The goat-fish was found in a locality of el-Hosh, which hosts a large ...

The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological... The ...

Reviewing the symbol’s history, the researchers note that the appearance of a goat-fish hybrid first occurs in Mesopotamian ...

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The map shows the ancient land of Mesopotamia, which means land between the rivers ... above the horizon which are remote lands far beyond the limits of the known world." Part of the cuneiform text ...

KOCHI: A symbol of sensuality and joie de vivre, this description suits no drink other than wine. Whether mass-produced or a ...