For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

There’s something utterly human about seeking beauty in places once broken. Maybe it’s hope. Maybe it’s curiosity. Maybe it’s ...

Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely rethink one of the most complex human stories: the development of the world ...

Joshua Hammer’s engaging new book, “The Mesopotamian Riddle,” chronicles ... “it would offer insights into the very cradle of civilization.” The deciphering took place against the ...

In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing ... of the proto-cuneiform writing system start off as being being very iconographic: “They resemble things.” ...

From the heart of Mesopotamia to the heights of the Roman Empire, ancient civilizations have left an indelible mark on the world. Their innovations in agriculture, architecture, writing, and ...

Babylon was one of the most legendary cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the heart ... Athens was the cradle of Western civilization and democracy. I've had the AI depict the Agora and newly ...

A new sightseeing train service is whisking travelers across the vast Anatolian steppe and through Turkey’s eastern mountains to the northern plains of Mesopotamia, known as the cradle of ...