During recent excavations at Bahra 1 in Kuwait, archaeologists found a rare figurine, pottery evidence, and insights into the ...

The clay head has an elongated skull, a flat nose and slanted eyes, a normal depiction of those from the Ubaid culture, ...

Four LMU researchers have each been awarded a Consolidator Grant. Their projects deal with the statistics of social inequality, the cuneiform culture of Mesopotamia, the detailed investigation of ...

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Polenta is often associated with rustic simplicity, but what many may not know is that it has a history spanning millennia ...

Among the most notable finds is a tiny, finely crafted anthropomorphic clay head featuring an elongated skull, slanting eyes ...

Every once in a while, a revolutionary invention comes along with the power to advance humanity and change the course of ...

Aleppo had been slowly recovering from the wounds inflicted by more than a decade of civil war when forces loyal to Syria's ...

As autumn winds down and winter begins, these December evenings are graced with not only huge, breathtaking constellations ...

Doha might not yet have a nickname like the city of love, the city that never sleeps, or the windy city, but if we did, we ...

The discovery opened up a link with the ancient Indian civilisation and Sumerian culture of Mesopotamia some five thousand ...