A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

It's long been accepted that the ancient Greeks were responsible for developing the mathematical concept of trigonometry, but a new discovery indicates they weren't the first to figure it out after ...

Australian scientists have managed to crack the code of a mysterious 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing a level of mathematical sophistication that pre-dates the ancient Greeks by a ...

The Babylonian Empire was one of the richest and most powerful societies in ancient history. Situated along the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq, the state prospered from its trade with nearby ...

In one of your math classes, you might have been taught that geometry and trigonometry were products of the ancient Greeks. That's not entirely accurate, as a new discovery proves that both were ...

Researchers think they have found a depiction of Noah’s Ark on the 3,000-year-old Babylonian Map of the World. Also known as the Imago Mundi, the clay tablet has baffled archaeologists for over a ...

Scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3,700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world's oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly used by ancient ...

An ancient Babylonian tablet whose purpose has been a longstanding mystery reveals that the ancient Mesopotamian civilization beat the Greeks to the discovery of trigonometry by more than 1,000 years, ...

Imagine a time when the world was flat, surrounded by vast, unknowable waters, and ruled by the whims of powerful deities. For the ancient Babylonians, this wasn't mere fantasy, but their perceived ...

The ancient site of Babylon in Iraq has undergone a lot of damage in recent years but archeologists hope it will still get special status. Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia was known as the site of one ...

Tomorrow, the great American eclipse will sweep across North America. Millions will experience total darkness. It is an eerie and mysterious experience, even though at this point we know exactly what ...