A horizontal zigzag frieze wraps itself around the Praça do Comércio’s facade. It is intersected with downward-pointing ...

Pazuzu was one of many ancient Mesopotamian supernatural beings that blurred the line between god and monster. Historian Dr ...

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

and was taken over and developed by succeeding Mesopotamian civilisations such as the Assyrians. Ziggurats were the focal and spiritual centre of the city, the earthly dwellings of the gods ...

The ancient Greek board game discovered in Knossos on the island of Crete dates back to 1600-1500 BC and is called zatrikion. Credit: Olaf Tausch Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 The unique ancient Greek ...

The sphere also displays symbols that the team compared to ancient scripts, including runes, Ogham and Mesopotamian writing systems. Using AI to assist in deciphering the design, the team ...

Since then, these tablets have yielded a wealth of information about the ancient world, from Mesopotamian spirituality to the possible location of Noah’s Ark. Revisit these discoveries below.

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