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 ...

We know what the oldest civilizations in the world are thanks ... complex urban centers that laid the foundation for later Middle Eastern societies. Their administrative practices became a model ...

These civilizations were made of thriving ... Man's ancestors had migrated out of Africa via the Middle East, eventually crossing Doggerland, the ancient land bridge connecting Britain to ...

A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ancient Middle East. In 1919, Breasted founded the Oriental Institute (OI), kicking off a century of archaeology and ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...

The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and ... Eli Wizevich The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

This brand of salafism evolved significantly since it emerged over a century ago in the Middle East. A pivotal figure ... Islam as a civilization is under attack and its historic domains are ...

“It would be really exciting to tell the story of Qabra from its own point of view because one thing that historians of the ancient Middle East know well is that certain kinds of ancient ...

An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome ... North Africa and the Middle East, the baths followed, bringing daily civilization to millions of people. Inside the Thermae Most bath complexes ...