New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

A recent study is changing the understanding of how urbanization developed in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the analysis, the emergence of the Sumerian civilization was not only the result of ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the warnings etched in stone tablets, whispered through sacred texts, and painted ...

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

Buried beneath the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico lies a discovery that breaks the historical timeline wide open — a 12,500-year-old ochre mine carved into limestone by organized hands. These weren’t ...

Research shows that ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer, the world’s first civilization. Shifting deltas and tidal rhythms ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

An eccentric idea from the 1970s may rewrite everything we believe we know about the New Testament.

Saint Isaac of Nineveh withdrew into solitude, not out of contempt for the world, but to rediscover its divine beauty through prayer. His emphasis on silence and stillness as pathways to understanding ...

In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, ...