Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

We often take written language for granted– whether it’s texting, reading a book, or scrolling through social media, it’s a part of everyday life. But imagine a time when there were no books, no ...

The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

The Lilith myth holds that Eve was not Adam’s first wife. His first wife, Lilith, had some issues with Adam’s patriarchal tendencies and refused to be dominated by him. The contention between them ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

Directed by Philip Barantini, Adolescence tells the story of Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), a 13-year-old boy who is arrested for the murder of his classmate Katie Leonard. Graham plays his father ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and experts from leading universities and research institutions across China ...

Many myths have formed around Houdini over the years. One story was popularized by director and actor Orson Welles. In audience with the tsar in Russia, Welles recounted, Houdini made the bells of ...

The video game “Black Myth: Wukong” is a cultural “magic weapon,” a soft power export that’s raising China’s profile across the world. It sold 10 million copies within just three days ...

The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian site of Girsu, called Tello today. Settled around 4500 B.C.E. in modern-day Iraq, Sumer is the world’s oldest known civilization. During the third ...