This librarian wanted to know much more about the organisation of knowledge in Ashurbanipal's library, as there is a fair ...

Pope Francis received a Lamborghini Huracán, a gift he promptly decided to auction for charity. The supercar, painted in ...

Wisnom’s book recounts the labours of the excavators who uncovered more than 30,000 clay tablets and fragments in the mound of earth that covered the ancient city of Nineveh (not far from the ...

he became one of the leading translators of his day. In 1872, Smith was studying a particular tablet from Nineveh (modern Iraq) and that's what I want to look at now. I've walked across the museum ...

From Room C, North Palace at Nineveh, Iraq, 645-635 BCE ... dogs in warfare dates back to about 600 BC in what is now West Asia, when the Lydians (from modern-day Turkey) used dogs as a surprise ...

Authorities rescued 16 mentally challenged and destitute men from bonded labour in MP’s Guna district, exposing a brutal exploitation system called ‘Rahua’—a form of slavery disguised as ...

“These are the kinds of surprises we’re seeing every day,” Jason says. “People don’t always realize the value sitting right inside their own homes.” If you’re considering selling ...

And then to compound the issue, the forest fires just outside Jerusalem canceled many of the ceremonies celebrating Israel’s 77th Independence Day. Things were looking gloomy. But as Yom ...

(Reuters) -Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Monday that he raised his stake in real estate company Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH), realizing a long-held dream of creating a diversified holding ...

Pit stop times in NASCAR have reduced a lot over the decades, from around 40 seconds in the 1960s to 8.5 seconds in recent seasons. This change is mainly attributed to technological advancements ...

NATIONAL U and La Salle’s modern-day women’s volleyball rivalry is all set for a championship trilogy. The Lady Bulldogs and Lady Spikers will contest the UAAP crown for the third time in the ...