The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History ... blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from ...

Developed by ancient Greek thinkers in the 5th century BCE, the theory of the four humors continued to develop during the ...

Through stories, recipes and fascinating anecdotes, a new book delves into the spice’s rich legacy, uncovering its role in ...

Their artistic representations also incorporated symbols associated with medicine, displaying remarkable ... Here, on the edge of ancient Mesopotamia, each weathered wall holds a thousand whispers ...

Instead, the snake in this ancient Mesopotamian story seems to remind us that we all ... Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, carried a serpent-entwined staff, as did Hermes, the messenger god.

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy.