At Gabo, we have never seen the kitchen merely as a site of production; we’ve always understood it as a space of ...

The ancient ˁAin Samiya cup is one of the most remarkable finds of the Intermediate Bronze Age.

Dreams have long been thought to predict the future. They may actually do a better job of reflecting our more recent sensory ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...

The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals. Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for ...

Way back in Mesopotamia, writing developed. Then Phoenicians made an alphabet. A couple of years later, Gutenberg invented a ...

The story depicted on the ˁAin Samiya goblet—an 8 cm tall silver vessel from the Intermediate Bronze Age (c. 2650–1950 ...

Once scarred by conflict and closed to visitors, several destinations around the world have transformed from battlefields ...

This suggests similar alabaster vessels from the time period—often made from soft calcite stone and used for perfumes and ...

Recent archaeological excavations of ancient Chinese tombs have unearthed a hidden 4,000-year pattern, revealing a ...

A tiny silver goblet discovered decades ago in the Judean Hills might hold the oldest known depiction of cosmic creation – and the scenes etched into its surface tell a surprisingly peaceful story.