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What was the longest-lasting civilization?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn ancient Egyptian painted relief depicting Pharaoh Ramesses III with Isis. Ancient Egypt, China and Mesopotamia are all frequently cited as...
Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic...
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Mesopotamia Express: You can soon discover Turkey’s cultural treasures with this new train route
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTravellers to Turkey will soon be able to explore some of its historic treasures and culinary...
Researchers thought kissing dated back 3,500 years ago — but the first recorded kiss was actually...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoResearchers have discovered that the earliest recorded kiss dates back to Mesopotamia — at least...
Take This New Train Route Through Turkey and See its Cultural Gems
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen you travel to Turkey, you will cross borders, cultures, and eras without leaving the nation....
10 Oldest Countries in the World
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMesopotamia is known as the "cradle of civilization," but it's still not the oldest on this list. Dorling Kindersley / Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley...
Iron oxide baked into Mesopotamian bricks confirms ancient magnetic field anomaly
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAbout 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into...
Babylon's Ishtar Gate may have a totally different purpose than we thought, magnetic field...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Ishtar Gate of Babylon as seen at the Pergamon Museum in Germany. Babylon's bright-blue Ishtar...
A Goddess Rises in Inanna, a New Take on an Ancient Tale
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDebut fantasy author Emily H. Wilson’s Sumerians Trilogy offers a fresh take on the oldest story of...
The World's First-Ever Beer Recipe Has Been Around Since Ancient Times
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 3 months agoModern humans aren't the only ones who enjoy a glass of beer. In fact, a recipe for the fermented...