The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Alexander encountered Kalanos, an Indian sage, whose wisdom and detachment challenged the conqueror's values. Kalanos joined ...

Researchers used AI to decode a Babylonian text lost for 1,000 years, revealing new details about life and culture in ancient ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

Measuring a kilometer in length and 500 meters across (about 1,000 yards by roughly 550 yards), the ancient urban area features grand houses, a palace, an extensive road network and a cemetery.

The discovery was made during the renovation of Hrvojeva Street at the heart of Split in Croatia, and the direct link was ...

An archaeologist (left) cleans a cornerstone of a palace, which dates back to the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), at the Palace Museum in Beijing in May. LAN HUIQING / FOR CHINA DAILY Evidence of ...