Dozens of strange clay bowls unearthed at an archeological site dating to the 4th millennium BC in Kurdistan have offered clues to the origin and collapse of the world’s earliest government ...

This project traces the history of silver from its beginnings in the 4th millennium BC in western Asia (roughly contemporary with the appearance of the Uruk urban centres) to the mid-1st millennium BC ...

The first steps towards domesticating the horse were taken north of the Caucasus in the late 4th millennium BC. Using horses made it possible to roam greater areas and tend larger herds.

From studying the antiquities collected from the surface of the mound and the physical characteristics of the site, a picture started to emerge, showing that occupation at the site started from around ...

From its early beginnings during the mid 8th millennium BC, emmer quickly grew to dominate wheat production in the Near East, subsequently spreading to Europe, the Transcaucasus and eventually to the ...