The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality ... major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the ...

AMMAN – One of the main problems that historians and archaeologists specialised in the Bronze Age face is the lack of concrete historical evidence.

From the heart of Mesopotamia to the heights of the Roman Empire, ancient civilizations have left an indelible mark on the ...

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I never called myself "Arab." It felt like an identity that just didn't fit, one so distant from who I believed I was. But after a year of the war in Gaza and now Lebanon—of witnessing horrific images ...

The writing system is thought to have originated from Mesopotamia, the region where the world’s ... after months of clashes over war and politics Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of an ancient Bronze Age town under an oasis in Saudi Arabia’s Madinah province that ...

Americans might be puzzled as to why an autocratic strongman holds such appeal with voters. But it’s a story India has seen a thousand times in our ancient politics.

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Historical events through 2023 and 2024, and the shaping of politics and diplomacy, are providing intriguing insights into our world, bridging the past with a violent, volatile present.

As of then, Indian civilization’s antiquity had been traced up to the 3rd century BCE – in Mauryan Buddhist Emperor Asoka’s ...