At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

At its peak in the third millennium BC—from around 2600BC to 2200BC—it was a megacity covering hundreds of hectares, and revered as a sanctuary of the Sumerian heroic god Ningirsu. The city ...

The oldest known temple built by prehistoric hunter-gatherers that predates the pyramids. A passage tomb (3200 BCE) older than Stonehenge, aligning with the winter solstice.

Cousins Kyle Scerri and Miguel Alessandro were having tea at their nanna’s when they noticed how she was getting flustered as she struggled to get a Panadol out of its blister pack. At the time ...

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...

Archaeologists have unearthed “administrative tablets,” which provide the oldest tangible proof of the world’s first empire, the Akkadia. The findings reveal the surprising existence of a ...

The reason for this expression is that both Greek and Roman mythology are intricately linked. In fact, the Romans, as is known, adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. At least, that is what most ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon introduces a bold hypothesis that a mathematical formula could prove the existence of God. Drawing upon the fine-tuning argument, he suggests that the universe's ...