Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

From across the globe, these are some of the strangest places to live. From villages where the buildings are underground to a ...

Although cocaine use became widespread in the 19th century once it was synthesized ... However, it’s not the first detection in the Old World. In 1992 a study purported the existence of cocaine ...

Dozens of skulls exhumed in Finland in the 19th century and taken to Sweden by scientists ... the skulls arrived in a horse-drawn carriage driven by people in old-fashioned clothing.

Near Ruidoso, New Mexico lies a 19th century military fort, now a state historic site, surrounded by public land and thick, ...

Two distinct and conflicting forms of nationalism – civic and ethnic – helped create the nation-states of Europe ...

THE mystery surrounding a 3,000-year-old tablet ... the known world at the time. The map called Imago Mundi, showing an aerial view of Mesopotamia that dates back to the 6th century BC has ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...

In 1866, a gentleman and his family by the name of Gonner came to America. He was a talented civil engineer who was born in Pfaffental, a suburb of Luxembourg. Choosing a career as a construction ...