What is it about Fridays and the number 13 that sends people into a superstitious tizzy? To find out, you need to go back a ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted incorrectly ...

Of the 16 New York state senators with districts in the Diocese of Brooklyn, eight are co-sponsors of Medical Aid In Dying ...

when Sargon of Akkad established the first true and lasting empire—one that all later Mesopotamian kings would seek to emulate. Eras of strength and empire under the Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BC) ...

The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia from about 4500 to 1750 B.C.E., and developed a number of technologies that changed the ...

Babylonian law also recognised psychological distress. The Code of Hammurabi set rules for the actions of a “confused” person and obliged family and temple to provide care. Early on ...

HAMMURABI, MUCHO MÁS QUE UN CÓDIGO. Hammurabi fue rey de Babilonia, aproximadamente entre 1792 y el 1749 a. C. Fue famoso por redactar su código, conocido como Código de Hammurabi . Pero ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to any other ancient or modern population in South America. It is thought ...

A Roman army camp discovered in the Netherlands expands the knowledge of how far north the empire’s boundary extended. Located north of the Rhine River, the camp was found in the Veluwe region ...

The two heads are thought to be from Isin, an ancient Mesopotamian archaeological site in Iraq. When the vessel was initially offered to the Met, in 1956, a Swiss dealer said it had been found ...

The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon ...