Near the start of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, there was a massive but largely forgotten battle between the Greeks and the ...

Modern historiography has tended to assume that violence was the primary driving force behind the formation of the first ...

It figures into numerous formulas used in physics, astronomy, engineering and other fields, dating back thousands of years to ...

Urmahlullu, the Babylonian creature that's half man and half lion. Bred for battle and to protect your rear! Prince Frederik dies from rare genetic condition at age 22. See his dad's emotional ...

But the European island best known for its beach holidays is also home to an array of ancient palaces. However, Crete’s plethora of historical sites and four UNESCO world heritage locations ...

IN the past six years our knowledge of the ancient Babylonian mathematics has been vastly increased, thanks mainly to the labours of Dr. Neugebauer. The impulse to his researches seems to have ...

(250306) -- BAGHDAD, March 6, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows the ancient site of Babylon in Babil province,Iraq. (Xinhua/Duan Minfu) ...

A work of art rendering the Tower of Babel in ancient Babylon. Credit: ThomasThomas. CC BY-2.0/flickr The Tower of Babel, written about by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, was said to “reach up ...

Excavations at the Donggung Palace in Korea resulted in the discovery of a 1,300-year-old flush toilet likely once used by the crown prince. The toilet, while not the first of its kind across the ...

One would expect that the construction of ancient Korea’s royal palace spared no expense. And would be correct. Built in 674 A.D.—during the 14 th year of the reign of King Munmu of the Kingdom of ...

According to The Guardian, archaeologists in Mexico just found remnants of a Mayan palace that is more than 1,000 years old in an ancient city west of Cancún. Found in Kulubá, the palace is part of a ...