Step back in time as we recreate the world's oldest known recipe — a rich and hearty lamb stew from ancient Mesopotamia. Using authentic ingredients and traditional methods, this dish proves that good ...

In the early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia. Eva Miller traces how both the mythology of Babel and ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

In fact, like many words and phrases in the English language, a.m. is short for a Latin phrase, “ante meridiem” (or “before ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

From bestsellers-in-the-making to sharply observed literary fiction, we’ve rounded up your best bets for summer reading ...

In 1849, archaeologists discovered 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing in Iraq that narrate the story of the Anunnaki, ...

Gambling has been with us since time immemorial, though the way we approach and regard gambling couldn't be more different today from what it was in the ancient world. The ancient Egyptians are among ...

In which we highlight fiction and nonfiction that’s a little off the beaten path, where many dads yearn to go.

From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of ...

She’s not well known in the U.S., but Elif Shafak is destined to become a major literary force with her latest book, “There ...