What does it take to decipher an extinct writing system? If Joshua Hammer’s new book The Mesopotamian Riddle: An archaeologist, a soldier, a clergyman, and the race to decipher the world’s ...

Now that system has been commercialised by Haven Dredging. In essence, Tiamat (as it’s called, pictured in image above) is designed to be mounted onto a small workboat and carries pumps to enable ...

Sonja Anderson is a writer and reporter based in Chicago. Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor The 24 members of the ...

Each day honors a different form of Goddess Durga, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. Celebrated across India, traditions range from Gujarat’s Garba to West Bengal’s Durga Puja and ...

Emerging from communities on the banks of the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, the Assyrians had conquered Babylon and Egypt and ruled in the Mesopotamian region from around 1300-600 B.C. At the dig ...

This theory was based on the idea that by the early Bronze Age, Mesopotamian societies were ruled by kings and organized into social hierarchies. But the new study complicates that idea.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Variations on the classic Merlin and King Arthur legends span hundreds, if not thousands, of retellings. Many are documented ...

She is seen sitting behind the mandir space in her house. In the caption, Kakkar wrote, “She’s Blessed Because There’s always Maa Goddess behind her!! Happy Navratri Everyone!" Neha Kakkar recently ...

Chaitra Navratri Puja Vidhi: Chaitra Navratri, often called Vasanta Navratri, is a nine-day Hindu festival honouring the goddess Durga and her nine incarnations. Celebrated with great devotion, ...

The first day of Navratri was observed with fasting, prayers, rituals, and more to seek the blessings of Goddess Durga. Mata Shailputri, one of the nine avatars of Goddess Durga, is worshipped on the ...

On different days during Chaitra Navratri, different forms of goddess Durga are worshipped. It is goddess Shailputri who is worshipped on the first day. The goddess is the embodiment of strength, ...