Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

These soldiers’ symptoms were recorded not on paper charts, but on cuneiform tablets inscribed in Mesopotamia more than 3,000 years ago. Back then, the ancient soldiers were assumed to have been ...

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The alphabetic arms of federal law enforcement threw a raid last week in Minneapolis, and almost everyone came out looking bad. This even though almost everyone was at least a little right.

All nominees are listed in alphabetic order with records and statistics updated through June 2. 2025 fans' choice for Peoria-area baseball player of the year Lawson Alwan, Peoria Notre Dame.

Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls may be up to a century older than previously thought, potentially revising our understanding of how these ancient texts were produced.

Sanskrit. Sanskrit began to develop around 1500 BCE and is regarded as one of the great classical languages of the world. It was first used in the Vedas, which are some of the oldest known ...

Recap our transfers Q&A with reporters Simon Stone, Sami Mokbel, Alex Howell and Nick Mashiter, plus the latest on Rayan Ait-Nouri's Wolves' future.

Lastly, Persian, or Farsi, dates to Old Persian cuneiform inscriptions from the Achaemenid Empire of around 500 BC, according to written records. It carries on its literary tradition through a modern ...