Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...

Bread is a cornerstone of Moroccan culinary traditions, and its methods of preparation reflect influences from several ...

Throughout history, drums have occupied a unique place in the cultural, psychological, and social lives of societies. They are tools of ritual and celebration, instruments of war and peace, and ...

The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon ...