Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

The Sumerians, like many in ancient times, had a variety of gods, many of whom were considered sacred to various planets. Collectively they were called the Anunnaki. Astrology as a subject ...

Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, collected a library at his capital city of Nineveh, containing, it is estimated, 20,000-30,000 clay tablets written in cuneiform script such as those in ...