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 ...

Learn how an Indiana Jones-type figure at UChicago transformed the field—and the questions that scholars are wrestling with today. What is the Fertile Crescent? Where is it and what ancient ...

These ancient inventions made life easier for prehistoric and ancient peoples and laid the groundwork for civilization as we ...

Their impact on human societies was profound no matter where they went. The arrival of plants and animals from the Fertile Crescent led to an explosion of civilization once they reached Egypt. As a ...

The combination flowed down the mountainside and collected in the clay of the riverbanks, where women used the clay to scrub laundry clean. Although soap was known in the Fertile Crescent as early as ...

Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilization in Ancient Sumer ... anything here - That’s why they call it the ‘fertile crescent.’ Soon – we had more crops than we could possibly ...

That’s the age attributed to clay husking trays discovered near Mazraa, Teleilat, Akarçay Tepe, and Tell Sabi Abyad—in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, where human civilization is ...