If everything you thought you knew about the War on Terror were nothing more than a mirage—an extravagant shadow-play staged ...

The surprising history behind Artemisia Gentileschi's recently reattributed Hercules and Omphale, and how it redefines gender ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

The divine procession ls led by Hadad, Mesopotamian god of storms (far right, clutching a trio of lightning bolts); the moon god Sîn; the sun god Šamaš; and Atargatis, the region’s goddess of ...

Excavations at the ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh in Turkey have revealed a district where merchants from the distant Mesopotamian city of Assur in Iraq lived and worked. Some 23,000 cuneiform ...