The Babylonian Exile, a traumatic and critical period in Jewish history, saw thousands of Jews deported to Babylon following the conquest of Judah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.During their ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylinesmelding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary ...

For centuries, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have stirred fascination. These legendary structures, once towering symbols of human achievement, continue to inspire artists, travelers, and ...

From ancient law codes to 20th-century psychoanalysis, the story of fatherhood is far stranger and more surprising than you ...

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

Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ingenuity. Among these early cartographic marvels, the Babylonian Map of the World ...

Colossus of Rhodes. Credit: GreekReporter archive. Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.Along with the Great ...

No crystal ball here. Just some wishful thinking from a person who tries to see the glass half-full rather than half-empty.

The corpus consists of two sub-projects. The first part contains all Babylonian cuneiform texts available on Achemenet in December 2020. These include texts from the Murašû archive, CT 55, YOS 7, ...

Ancient Symbols: Ancient symbols like ankh or mandala carry profound meanings that stand the test of time/hold lasting significance – ankh (symbolising eternal life), mandala (representing ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...