An exploration of some of the oldest temples in the world, shedding light on the lives of ancient civilizations and their continued relevance.

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Blakeslee is a semi-retired anthropologist from Wichita State University. He’s polite, soft-spoken most of the time, and able ...

When the houses stop, there is enough light from the quarter moon for us to keep going until ... in hopes of pleasing and appeasing fickle gods who could unleash a crop-destroying frost or a ...

Mexican pyramids are a key feature of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. While they share some similarities with Egyptian ...

Priestess and co-convenor of the temple Pia Gaia wears a long crimson ceremonial jacket, a golden-wire, triple-moon headband and a goddess pendant ... worshipped female deities: Inanna the Sumerian ...

the goddess of hunting and the moon; the exploits of the legendary Mesopotamian hero, Gilgamesh; and Xerxes of Babylon with its hanging gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. There wasn ...

While Mesopotamian history is innately fascinating ... Ennigaldi-Nanna was a priestess at the temple of the moon deity, as well as a princess. Both Ennigaldi-Nanna and Nabonidus were keenly ...