Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ...

In the 19th century ... south of present-day Baghdad, it flowered early in the second millennium B.C. before falling to Hittite invaders in 1595 B.C. By the late seventh century B.C., it was ...

Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little ...

the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map reveals how its makers imagined the world from ...

Skeletal remains found on New Jersey beaches decades ago have been identified as those of a 19th-century schooner captain, thanks to the investigative efforts of college students. The ship ...

At some point in the mid-19th century over one hundred academies — precursors to today’s pubic and private high schools — from Hudson in Columbia County, to Flatbush in Brooklyn, as well as ...

"All Manner of Experiments" at CCS Bard spotlights the Baghdad Group, tracing Iraqi modernism from postcolonial ambition to ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The American University of Baghdad celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein. Officials said ...

The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...

"Using modern genealogy testing to identify bone fragments from the 19th century is a powerful reminder ... Since launching the IGG in late 2022, the program has been consulted on 92 cold cases ...

A 19th Century ... the 18 th Century, it’s always exciting to see first-hand the advancements in security. Squire now manufactures from Featherstone, Wolverhampton but in the late 1880s ...

When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal ...