The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

Monkeys: In Hindu mythology, monkeys are sacred due to their association with Hanuman, the monkey god who embodies strength, loyalty, and courage. Hanuman's devotion to Rama in the Ramayana has made ...

7th-6th centuries B.C. Babylon’s golden age under Chaldean rule is ended by the Persian king ... of Marduk across Mesopotamia was proof of Babylon’s prestige. No ancient city was so desired ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...

Writing and trade are deeply intertwined, and some of the oldest surviving cuneiform writing was used in ancient Mesopotamia to keep records of the buying and selling of goods. In ancient ...

The project Embodied Emotions: Ancient Mesopotamia and Today was granted funding by the Finnish Cultural Foundation in September 2022 and will run until 2026. It explores how emotions were embodied by ...