Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

The penultimate day of the Valentine's Week is celebrated as Kiss Day. While the celebration is comparatively new, the act is ancient and significant.

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Today, trans people face politicization of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society. But in some of history's earliest civilizations, gender-diverse people ...

Today, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is a barren desert. But centuries ago, this area in modern-day Iraq and southern Syria was known as Mesopotamia, a fertile plain that served as ...

Get ready to spend your holiday with the sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, because the new SpongeBob movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, is opening in movie theaters this ...

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2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

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Explore Mesopotamia, a civilization that flourished for more than 3,000 years. Mesopotamians built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature, and law; and united vast regions ...