The conventional narrative places Mesopotamia at the beginning of civilisation, followed by Egypt, Greece and Rome. India ...

FROM perfumes and cosmetics to medicines, many everyday products owe their existence to techniques developed thousands of ...

Passports became standardized booklets around 1920. Before that, identification had been proven via some strange methods.

A 4,000-year-old clay tablet is believed to record the world's oldest known customer complaint from ancient Mesopotamia. A ...

This video shows the ancient archaeological site of Samarra in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, where the remains of palaces, ...

Cylinder seals were far more than ancient signatures. They fused art, power, and belief into objects that revealed exactly ...

Because everybody is different, it allowed people to write the way they wanted to write. Other techniques prioritized function over form. The Palmer Method, first proposed in 1894, facilitated speed, ...

"This Universe section shows me not only the beauty of science art, but also the enduring human drive to push frontiers." On the other side of the exhibition area, prints of the 12 zodiac ...

The Turkish evil eye bead, also known as Nazar Boncugu, is a centuries-old talisman believed to protect against negative ...

In Wesleyan Library’s Unique Collections, material signatures of history abound. They offer students and researchers alike ...

In an exciting collaboration, over 2,000 public volunteers are meticulously cleaning a colossal 1,300-kilogram fossilized ...

A clay tablet, hidden away in museum archives for decades, has revealed a remarkable story of daily life in ancient ...