The Corner Shop director and cinematographer Ellen Kuras reflects on her career journey and creative philosophy, tracing her ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

Throughout history, cities have undergone significant transformations when they opened themselves to cultural diversity, ...

There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a ...

Udupi: In a unique blend of the North and South, the All India Oriental Conference being held in Udupi marks a significant ...

Archaeologists argue the birthplace of the wheel could be the Slovak Carpathians, not Mesopotamia.

Professor Adriano Lameira, an evolutionary psychologist at Warwick University, claims kissing has its origins in our hairy ...

In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived ...

The Martlet sought to uncover UVic's top five campus mysteries. Some we did... others will have to remain unsolved.

Their efforts in 1919-20 to reconstruct Europe out of the collapsed Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian empires had equally ...

In 1279, his empire overrun by the invading Mongols, China's last Sung emperor was cast into the sea. Kublai Khan became lord of an empire that stretched from Korea to Mesopotamia. In the ...

While the Turkish ruling elites wanted to strengthen their hands and tighten their ranks in the face of the escalation of the ...