One small artifact opened up a world of discovery of a Neolithic civilization with a remarkably advanced social structure.

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As dams rose across southeastern Turkey, archaeologists rushed to rescue a disappearing past, and one strange museum find sent Klaus Schmidt to Potbelly Hill. There, Gobekli Tepe revealed a monumental ...

Spices, often overlooked, played a pivotal role in shaping Ancient Greek civilization. From the bustling markets of Athens to ...

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We often imagine ancient civilizations as primitive compared to today’s urban landscapes. Living in mud huts, traveling by ...

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From Athens to the Abbasids to today’s Anglosphere, creativity and commerce drive greatness Ninth century Baghdad, seat of the Abbasid Caliphate, was designed as a perfect circle to honor the Greek ...

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries to Mesopotamians and Egyptians, has finally been identified: a series of ...

Jerusalem Post / History How Nazi categories of ‘half-Jews’ and ‘quarter-Jews’ still decide who is a Jew - study Under Nazi law, these people were grouped under the term "Mischlinge" and ...