Things like laws, scripts and languages are vital parts of civilisations. But they don't just suddenly pop into being out of the blue. They take centuries to change and evolve. In fact, some of our ...

URBANA — These priceless objects from the cradle of civilization have survived thousands of years, so maybe it's about time you saw them. The University of Illinois Spurlock Museum is opening an ...

E.D. Hirsch Jr. is the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He is the author of several acclaimed books on ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

Mahoniss Graham, 6, holds one of the treats he won for his first-grade class in a snow contest in February at the Syracuse Academy of Science. Or explain the significance of gods and goddesses, ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest and most complete genome from ancient Egypt — and the DNA reveals that a man who lived 5,000 years ago had roots in both Mesopotamia and North Africa, a new study ...

Over in America, the quarternal excitement of the presidential elections is hotting up nicely and the political debate is all about Iraq. George "I'm a war president" Bush reminded his fellow ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced whole ...