A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately the ...

I n a groundbreaking study, researchers have uncovered a hidden network of “metal highways” beneath the Earth’s ancient continental cores. These geological formations, shaped over millions ...

This period saw the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Aegean region, which hosted some of the earliest cultural centres in ancient Europe ... and other metals for use in currency and ...