At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

Archaeologists investigating burial sites in southern Poland have unearthed a remarkable collection of iron artifacts, ...

Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ...

Scientists have long known that beer played an important role in ancient Mesopotamia, widely known as the cradle of human civilization, but they struggled to find concrete evidence of the beverage — ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

near the German border Sonja Anderson In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia ...

Signet rings have been a timeless symbol of power, identity, and tradition. These distinctive rings, often engraved with ...

Ancient coin-inspired jewelry has such a rich history of storytelling and meaning, so it’s no surprise she’s gravitated toward pieces like these,” Johnson says. “Knowing Taylor ...

It was worn as jewelry by the pharaohs and nobility ... The stone carried on its long journey into ancient Mesopotamia. Lapis lazuli was carved into detailed designs for cylinder seals and ...