Let’s take a time-traveling musical journey all the way back to the Bronze Age, where we find Hurrian Hymn No. 6—the oldest known piece of music ever written down. Buckle up, we’re going back over 3,400 years, and yes, this song slaps in cuneiform.

From their wild ancestors in North Africa to their modern reign over the internet, cats have walked a fascinating path through history. Unlike dogs, their domestication was more of a partnership than a transformation—keeping their wild instincts while ada...

The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like so many cuneiform tablets, incomplete.

From the darkest depths of ancient cultures across the globe, legends speak of forbidden lands hidden beneath the earth's surface. These underworlds, veiled in mystery and myth, hold secrets of life, death, and the unknown.

An exploration of demons and exorcism in Ancient Mesopotamia.