Find out which science discipline originated first in history. Discover how the earliest scientific discipline in history was ...

Prof Dr Faruk Kaya, of Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, said the pieces were found close to the alleged Ark outline at the ...

Mesopotamia, the world's oldest civilisation, arose in ancient Iraq, pioneering writing, law, and science. Explore its ...

Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured ...

We know perfectly well how humans were able to domesticate dogs. From wolves more terrifying than those in fairy tales to ...

The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, ...

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of the pharaoh — including during the time of King ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Around 2112 B.C., the Sumerian king Ur-Namma (r. 2112–2095 B.C.) united the city-states of southern Mesopotamia into a short-lived kingdom known today as the Third Dynasty of Ur, or Ur III. More than ...

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic plant imagery in prehistoric art, flowers, shrubs, branches, and trees painted ...

Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger role in the painful arthritic condition than previously thought. In 2024, an ...