It features a circular map of Mesopotamia, a historical region in the Middle East that contained a number of major ancient civilizations, such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. It is believed ...

This map depicts the geographical span of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), showing ... where a minority of buried individuals yielded ancient DNA matched that of the Rakhigarhi individuals.

Although its scientific accuracy cannot compare to today's tools like Google Maps, it provides unique insights into how ancient Babylonians viewed themselves and the world around them. According ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...