By the Middle Bronze Age, evidence shows that cultures in the region often enjoyed one crop over the other. Widespread ...

Ancient Middle Eastern farmers prioritized grapes over olives, irrigating vineyards to sustain wine despite climate stress.

Mesopotamian clay maps, dating back 5,000 years, provide a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world’s perception of ...

The discovery of Peñico in Peru's Supe Valley is reshaping our understanding of the Caral civilisation – a peaceful society ...

Rashid’s book is as much a people’s history of Mesopotamia as it is a history of objects, great personages and notable events ...

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many ...

The agricultural societies of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Ancient Near East made strategic resource management decisions ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare insight into the genetic ancestry of early Egyptians and reveals links to ...

International scholars find that Bronze and Iron Age farmers proved resilient in the face of climate change, cultivating ...

From ancient stone tools to early life-changing, read about the innovations that shaped human history and progress.

The expectation that competition for dwindling resources drives societies toward conflict has shaped much of the discourse ...

Nine generations separated Shem, the son of Noah, from Abraham. That is a long time and during the more than four centuries, civilization was growing. Following God’s scattering the people, ...