The uncovering of antiquities from Greco-Roman trade in Indus-Valley Culture sites, and presence of Indian artefacts in the Mediterranean region show trade deals are not construct of modern age| India ...

On a walkthrough of the Networks of the Past gallery at CSMVS, we access the backstories that reveal how some of the most ...

Over 5,000 years ago, in the scorching heart of ancient Mesopotamia, the city of Uruk rose to become the largest and most advanced settlement in the world. Home to nearly 80,000 people, it boasted ...

Discover the history of Iraq's name. Learn why the region was called the 'Cradle of Civilization,' and the changes that led ...

Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

Do you know which ancient culture is the largest 'lost' civilisation? Let’s explore how this Bronze Age superpower thrived ...

Daniel Neep’s excellent account corrects the traditional narrative to show a nation surviving and resisting the powers that ...

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

Today, trans people face politicisation of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society. But in some of history’s earliest civilisations, gender-diverse people ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered over a century ago in Iraq has been revealed as one of humanity's earliest examples of urban planning. The ancient map of Nippur, etched into a hand-sized ...

The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals. Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited with ...