Step back in time with a recipe straight from ancient Mesopotamia. This 4,000-year-old lamb stew was discovered on a cuneiform tablet—and we’re bringing it to life in the modern kitchen. Experience ...

Scattered around the sites of ancient Mesopotamia are thousands of devices called cylinder seals. They are equal parts stamp, credit card, and jewelry. They were how people signed for things and ...

The event is put on each year by sixth graders, who resaerch historical figures for a living wax figure project ...

Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

A new theory suggests the wheel may have been invented not in Mesopotamia, but by copper miners in what is now Hungary nearly ...

Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony Prosciutto di Portici: A portable sundial that looks like a pork leg — and it was likely ...

But after scouring ancient garbage piles near one such popina in Mallorca, Spain, archeologists are better understanding how certain entrées transcended class divisions more often than previously ...

Students and archaeologists located temporary Roman military camp near Hoog Buurlo beyond ancient empire’s northern frontier, university said and photos show.

HONG KONG (AP) — Throngs of people flocked to southern Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the iconic dragon boat races, a highlight of a Chinese festival with over 2,000 years of history.

Female rulers in ancient Mesopotamia were rare. But those who did rule made their mark on history. In the Neo-Assyrian regime of the ninth century B.C., one woman commanded an entire empire ...