You know that feeling, right? You’re competent. You’re an adult (mostly). Then BAM! Academia throws a curveball so wild, you ...

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

Idealism, a hunger for power and a wish to prosper have driven some of the earliest efforts to build a world order.

The Mesopotamian Marshes, straddling the Iran-Iraq border, are drying out, exacerbating dust storms, fires, and migration.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower. A procession of gods ...