In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

A history of the peasant way of life, a book from one of Italy’s foremost feminists, a study of ancient wisdom of Mesopotamia ...

From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.

A series of lines that look like a garden rake ... a glimpse into a Bronze Age civilization believed to rival ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Some believe this vast domain held millions of people ...

Staff Writers Molly Hanley and Rania Woodward take opposite sides in the debate between physical books and e-readers.

The experimental folk group’s gigs are astonishing spectacles – think Viking funeral mixed with a battle from The Lord of the Rings – and their ultimate goal is to whisk the listener off to an ancient ...

Stargazers had a sight to behold overnight Thursday as a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse flushed the moon red across the ...

He told me that he had never expected to decipher an ancient script, and that his discoveries had been a matter of chance as much as anything. Desset did his ... At first, like most students of the ...

With partial lunar eclipses, part of the moon might look like it's missing ... AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File And a civilization in ancient Mesopotamia saw the blood red moon as a bad omen ...