Easter is an important day for those of the Christian faith. It can fall on a different date from year to year, depending on the moon cycle.

On April 1st, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Syriacs in Iraq celebrate the "Akitu" festival, marking one of the oldest known ...

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ways gossip impacts social bonds and human evolution, from ancient civilizations to modern digital communication, when ...

Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...

An Honorary Fellow at Oxford University's Wolfson College, Moudhy has spent much of her career translating the stories of the ...

University College London, the University of Central Lancashire, Ege University, and other institutions have discovered that ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

Breaking out a shovel at a wedding might sound like something folks would do after having too much bourbon. But some Southerners do it for a different reason.

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

A critical analysis of Jean-Pierre Filiu’s in-depth history of Gaza, exploring its role as a geopolitical flashpoint, the roots of its ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, and the triple impasse shaping ...