The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

In the early, heroic days of archaeology, it was invariably the ambition of those who headed out to the Levant, armed with pick and shovel, to track down wonders that they had read about in classical ...

The library of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground in 612 BCE, but its contents survived. In the 1840s, archeologists excavating the ancient city of Nineveh found tens of thousands ...

The Brown County Public Library is once again partnering with United Way of South Central Indiana to offer free basic state ...

The Decatur Public Library is still one of the go-to places for information as well as entertainment. Here’s a look at the library’s top circulated items in 2024. (Note: Due to the number of ...