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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax ... continent Eli Wizevich The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven ...

The Middle East − cradle of civilizations − is in deep crisis ... Could the Syrian revolution kindle the ancient wisdom of this geography long buried in the ashes? Koray Ozpolat is a professor ...

Located in the ancient capital ... region between the east and west of Eurasia and witnessed China’s technological, ideological and cultural exchanges with other civilizations.