With low-lying areas around the world increasingly susceptible to flooding -- this at a time when population growth has necessitated the construction of more and more homes in such areas -- the ...

Long before Mesopotamia, long before Egypt — someone was already mining in total darkness, chasing knowledge and pigment like it was gold. This wasn’t survival. This was civilization Buzz Aldrin’s ...

A century-old French archaeological scandal was sensationalized in the press at the time – but responsible scientists also ...

India’s history is undeniably ancient, with the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic period, and later empires forming the ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Dreams have long captivated human imagination, from the mysticism of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the philosophy of ...

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...

An international consortium of researchers has created the largest-ever database compiling records of brain activity during ...

A geomagnetic anomaly that occurred between 3,000 and 2,500 years ago has shed light on ancient Mesopotamia in a way that has never been explored before. Analysis of ancient bricks from Mesopotamia, ...

A model of the ancient environment suggests a new theory about how some of the first cities in human history were built. The research, published in PLOS One, proposes that the beginnings of urban ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of a man from ancient Egypt, revealing a genetic link to Mesopotamia. This breakthrough offers insights into cultural exchanges between the regions around 4,500 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...