Nimrod appears in the Bible for just four verses, yet his legend exploded into one of the most dramatic stories in ancient ...

Archaeologists decode ancient Mesopotamian tablets, revealing eerie omens that predict the fall of empires and the death of kings.

Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. One ...

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At least 19 Iranian Christians reportedly killed during protests against Iran's regime, including victims Nader Mohammadi and ...

On Valentine's Day, I've been thinking about couples who work together and change the world. I pursued my reflections and focused on the mythical couple ...

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What is it about Fridays and the number 13 that sends people into a superstitious tizzy? To find out, you need to go back a ...

Iranian flags at a demonstration in Los Gatos on Saturday, remembering those who were killed in protests in the country last ...

Director Hasan Hadi evokes the collective trauma that millions of Iraqi children grew up internalising with the story of a young girl tasked with making a cake for Saddam Hussein’s birthday cake in ...

Sometimes the only way to win is losing.

Gilgamesh, the builder-king of Uruk, and Achilles, the destroyer-prince of Phthia, represent the primal archetypes of the ...