The domestication of wheat and barley in the Fertile Crescent marked a pivotal turning point in human history. This region, encompassing parts of mod ...

From the Bronze age to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, the discovery and development of new materials has been a ...

As the world makes the transition to renewable energy sources, the demand for efficient, long lasting batteries has grown and ...

From the bronze age to the Industrial Revolution and beyond ... The invention of glass in ancient Mesopotamia around 3,500BC was another groundbreaking moment. Fast forward to the 20th century and the ...

With a fresh fizz and hoppy scent, a cold beer touches all of our senses. But as our climate changes, the flavour profile of ...

The transitional process will be fraught with challenges, but the Syrian people deserve a peaceful, stable and prosperous ...

Until the 1960s, most archaeologists had explained large-scale cultural change through ‘diffusion’ of people and ideas over time from core areas — in particular Egypt and Mesopotamia.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

The advent of agriculture ... Revolution solidified the country's use of the Imperial System, they held on for good. Switching everything to metric now would simply cost too much. That said, the ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought. Mudbrick architecture in the ...