Out of the many incredible artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have been more intriguing than the Sumerian King List.

A cylinder seal is a small cylindrical object with images, words, or both, engraved onto it. Sumerian cylinder seals would be rolled over wet clay to make an impression.

Medical usage? Ritual practice? Or perhaps the drugs served both purposes? Researchers are asking what the recently recovered psychoactive drug residues from ancient Mesopotamia mean. But not everyone is happy that scholars want to know more.

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In Rome, there is an artificially built mountain, which entirely consists of fragments of about 53 million Roman amphoras, in which olive oil was stored. It is the largest Roman dump – the so-called Monte Testaccio (also called Monte Testaceo or Monte dei cocci; in English Testacio).

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The Royal Cemetery of Ur received its name because of the large quantity of treasures that were discovered there during the excavations headed by Sir Charles Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.

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Explore Armour of King Henry II and find out more about its discovery, history, features, the civilization behind it and more.

O𝚛i𝚐in𝚊ll𝚢 Answ𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍: Wh𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙l𝚎 s𝚊𝚢 th𝚊t E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n 𝚚υ𝚎𝚎n ti𝚢𝚎 w𝚊s 𝚋l𝚊ck wh𝚎n h𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛tw𝚘𝚛k 𝚍𝚎𝚙ict𝚎𝚍 h𝚎𝚛 whit𝚎?

In 𝚊 𝚛𝚎m𝚊𝚛k𝚊𝚋l𝚎 𝚊𝚛ch𝚊𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐ic𝚊l 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊kth𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐h, th𝚎 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 𝚊nci𝚎nt E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n 𝚙h𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘h, Kin𝚐 T𝚞t𝚊nkh𝚊m𝚞n, h𝚊s 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚞nv𝚎il𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚏t𝚎𝚛 𝚘v𝚎𝚛 3,300 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎in𝚐 sh𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 in m𝚢st𝚎𝚛𝚢. Kin𝚐 T𝚞t𝚊nkh𝚊m𝚞n, 𝚊ls𝚘 kn𝚘wn 𝚊s th𝚎 “B𝚘𝚢 Kin𝚐,” 𝚛𝚎i𝚐n𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚞𝚛in𝚐 th𝚎 18th 𝚍𝚢n𝚊st𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊nci𝚎nt E𝚐𝚢𝚙t. His int𝚊ct t𝚘m𝚋 w𝚊s 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 in th𝚎 V𝚊ll𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 Kin𝚐s in 1922, […]

The ‘Book of the Dead’ guided ancient Egyptians in the underworld.

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The Iron Age town of Calleva, which covered over 32 hectares, seems to have been established between about 20 and 10 BC. It may have been a planned settlement of people from north-west Gaul (modern France), centred around the town of Arras and the tribe of the Atrebates.

Explore the virtual tour of the elaborately-decorated Basilica and North rooms and learn more about the scenes on the mosaics. The whole complex is somewhat …

Cleopatra’s Pools remain popular with visitors thousands of years after the ancient Phrygians, Greeks, and Romans also enjoyed the mineral-rich waters. Credit: shankar S. / …

The necklace with pendant scarab of the rising sun is one of the finest of the many pectorals found in the tomb of Tutankhamun.