Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of Jewish heritage: a menorah on the bas-relief of the first-century Arch ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

The model, which is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City ... The slightly peaked corners evoke an ancient style of architecture that helped protect against thieves and ...

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

"Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda" had been on display at the museum since 1997. Researchers discovered the ...

A tablet from 5079 BC, found in Greece and severely ... that writing emerged in Sumeria, present-day Iraq, between 3,000 and 4,000 BC. The Ancient Greeks left a lot of valuable architecture ...

The scars of ISIS still linger in Iraq, and the threat of extremism has not vanished. But hope has taken root in the ...

Statue of Aphrodite found in ... of the art and society of Roman Perge. Furthermore, archaeologists will continue excavations in the area in the hope of discovering new pieces that may help complete ...

Nepali sculpture that had regularly been on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is being returned to its native country.

Art has always been a powerful medium for expressing the complexities of life, faith, and culture. It transcended boundaries, ...

Eighteen thousand years ago, our Ice Age ancestors practiced both cave art and cannibalism. Human remains found deep in a Polish cave bear unmistakable signs of butchery. These people came from ...