The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia.

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

ASI's Deeg excavation reveals ancient riverbeds, iron usage, early Brahmi script, and Vedic religious artifacts, reshaping Indian history.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Excavation uncovers evidence of 4 ancient human species, obsidian tools dating back over 300,000 years - Anadolu Ajansı ...

ASI excavations near Govardhan Hill in Deeg, Rajasthan, uncovered a dried riverbed and ancient settlements, potentially ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest civilizations in the world?

A 3,600-Year-Old Reed Boat Provides Clues to Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia By examining different materials buried along with the watercraft, experts could determine the age of the boat.

Buried in the Mesopotamian desert, undisturbed for over two millennia lay a hidden key to understanding one of the world’s oldest known civilizations.

These Iranian sites, often overlooked in grand narratives of civilization, are now emerging as potential crucial intermediaries in the eastward spread of farming.

In her opening remarks, Professor Ning Qi, vice-president of PKU, highlighted Gong's decades of dedicated research on Mesopotamian civilization and noted that his seminal work not only fills a ...