The Royal Game of Ur is the oldest known board game with surviving boards and preserved rules. Originating in ancient Mesopotamia, it spread widely across the Near East and Mediterranean.

Humans have used head supports for sleep for hundreds of thousands of years. Archaeological evidence traces pillows from grass bedding and ash layers to stone headrests in Mesopotamia and Egypt, and ...

Hidden beneath an ancient temple in Assur, Iraq, archaeologists have discovered key evidence of the Cult of Ishtar's origins.

Kashmir's history is a tapestry of myths and geological realities, with the Valley's origins traced back to both Hindu mythology and scientific theories of continental drift. The region's first ...

In the heart of Minneapolis’ Uptown district, Magers & Quinn Booksellers stands as a monument to the written word – a place ...

A University of Houston psychology professor is challenging the notion that dyslexia, or specific reading disorder, stems ...

Debris from a fire that destroyed a two story home along Route 7 Monday was removed by Amish crews Tuesday, clearing the site ...

Many of us learned our alphabet in elementary school, if not before. That same alphabet can apply to mediations. As a ...

This is Southern California’s sauna renaissance, and it’s happening everywhere all at once: Costa Mesa, South Ponto Beach, West Hollywood, Indian Wells.

Archaeologists in Southern Iraq have identified the site of ancient Alexandria, a large port city founded by Alexander the ...

A “forgotten Alexandria” on the Tigris is being pulled back into focus by archaeologists using drones and geophysics, revealing what appears to have been a vast, carefully planned metropolis in ...