When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...
Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library's exhibit, "Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book." ...
Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ...
More than 150 colorful paintings -- created by middle school students and featuring letters of the alphabet in a style to ...
Tucked under the Acropolis, Athens’ Old Town features a concentration of ruins, museums, tavernas and rooftop gems.
After surrendering scores of art works thought looted, the museum is looking to its new head of provenance research to police ...
To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art ...
The building could have housed up to 20,000 scrolls and might even be the oldest library discovered in the north-west ancient ...
Modern life can be overwhelming. How do we approach our busy days mindfully instead of with just a full mind? That very ...
Gaza was once a crossroads of the ancient civilisations of the Nile and the Levant. The coastal strip was a trading and ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most catastrophic volcanic events in European history, burying ...
Over time, however, repeated exposure to these same sounds can trigger a neurological response similar to misophonia—where specific sounds cause disproportionate emotional reactions. This ...