Ancient 5,500-year-old workshop 'confirms key part of the Bible' ...

The concept of prophecy has been a cornerstone of human civilization, transcending cultural and religious boundaries. The word “prophecy” is said to have originated from the Greek word “propheteia,” ...

Pope Leo XIV warned against the ‘deceptive anthropomorphisation’ of machine learning models and ‘a naive and unquestioning reliance on artificial intelligence as an “oracle” of all advice’ on 24 ...

A clay tablet with proto-cuneiform writing. Image credits: Jim Kuhn/Wikimedia Commons. Imagine a world without written records — no books, no laws, no way to document discoveries or communicate ideas ...

The world's first known flood myth can be traced back to the Sumerians around 2000 BC. Sumerian tablets recount captivating tales of human beginnings, the creation of mankind, and the profound ...

A fresh translation of a fragmentary Sumerian tablet has revealed one of the world's oldest surviving narratives featuring a cunning fox as an unlikely hero. The ancient clay tablet, designated Ni ...

The storm god Iškur is trapped in the netherworld. Without him in the sky, the rivers will dry up—the grasses, cows and people will die. A lone Fox volunteers to traverse worlds to rescue him, armed ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A newly published study by Dr. Jana Matuszak analyzes a translation of a Sumerian tablet discovered in the 19th century at Nippur, Iraq. Known as Ni 12501, the clay artifact dates to the Early ...

Some of the oldest poems are about war. Verses about warfare were carved onto Sumerian tablets that are more than four millennia old. Japanese samurai also wrote poetry about battles, as did Walt ...