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Were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon real?

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were described as a lush paradise in ancient texts. They were said to be one of the Seven ...
February’s night skies hold a certain celestial splendor that only enthusiastic and vigorous skywatchers have the fortitude ...
Astrology, the belief that the positions of celestial bodies influence earthly events and human lives, has been a pervasive ...
X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...
Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...
Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.
The papyrus, known as Anastasi I, or “The Satirical Letter,” is believed by most to take the form of a somewhat mocking ...
A Bay Area lab is using modern technology to recover history that had literally been erased. The x-ray beam that comes out of ...
Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...
These maps detailed the Great Mongolian Road, which included key settlements and important water sources.
Sabah is a mainstream, high-circulation newspaper. Columns published in its pages often resonate far beyond opinion sections, ...
On Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed, by Eric H. Cline.