Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...

Are all those ancient sculptors conning us? No amount of philosophy explains some of Greece’s more peculiar customs.

The life of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610–641), his military triumphs, reforms, and the establishment of Greek as the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers ... Outside the biblical tradition, Babylon intrigued Greek and Roman writers, who added to the rich store of legends that have come down to ...

Mesopotamia, with its dense network of ancient cities in the fertile plains along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near the Persian Gulf, is often regarded as the birthplace of urban civilization.