Recently, historian Dr. Esmé James shared what's essentially a 4,000-year-old text message from a teenager to his mother.

Alongside this, he brings in stories of individuals as well as places, including his own family ... bringing ancient Mesopotamia and its people to life. Through it, we encounter a world of ...

Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life.

Hammurabi’s laws focused on the relations between the palatial sector and the family ... in Early Mesopotamia,” in Hudson, Michael and Levine, Baruch (eds.), Privatization in the Ancient ...

War can be understood as a modern, secular form of human sacrifice and a manifestation of sacrificial logic, particularly when viewed through the lens of ritual, symbolism and communal narratives.

The Smithsonian reports that two million acres of the United States are devoted to cemeteries. California is projected to be the first state to run out of burial room. The Funeral Consumers Alliance ...

Flamenco, tapas, paella and Picasso, beaches, Alhambra and La Sagrada Familia are some of one Spain is famous for. Find out ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

Lunar eclipses happen when the moon, Earth and sun align just so. The best views will be from North and South America.