Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

born in Edessa in Mesopotamia in 296, took up the monastic life and brought many pagans to Christ. Mary, his niece, upon the death of her parents, joined Abramius at his hermitage and under his ...

Kings in ancient Mesopotamia didn't rely on those eclipse ... People believed that "events in the sky were coded signs placed there by the gods as warnings about the future prospects of those ...

Ancient Mesopotamia was home to diverse peoples with different origins, cultures, and languages. But, over the course of two ...

He was called out of his country--the land of the Chaldees, that is, Mesopotamia--to the land of Canaan, and received the promise that through his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed; ...

Our brain can retain an unprovable “fact” even when presented with rational and substantial evidence that it is wrong. Liars ...

Ancient Mesopotamians had a profound love of beer: a beverage they found celebratory, intoxicating and strangely erotic ...

[Yahweh is an ancient Israelite name for God.] Q: Even if archeology can't ... we know about the Amorites' migrations from Mesopotamia to Canaan, and it's possible to see in that an Abraham ...

I play the regular charade of being a superstitious agnostic. God may be a […] ...

From Babel to Grand Designs, communication has been the make or break of projects for thousands of years. Will we ever master ...

Recent archaeological discoveries are leading to a radical revision by scholars of the intensity, scale and importance of ...

“Don’t Ask Who Joe Is ” refers to an internet joke and series of memes that set up a punchline involving the phrase “Joe Mama ...