Eli Amir was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and emigrated to Israel when he was 13 years old, swept together in the massive migration ...

Long before Olympus, Asgard, or Eden, the gods of Mesopotamia and Egypt were carved into stone and etched into clay. While older myths may have echoed through oral tradition, these were the first to ...

Viral TikTok videos claim Labubu dolls are linked to Pazuzu, an ancient Mesopotamian demon. Learn the origins of the Labubu toy panic, Pazuzu mythology, and the truth behind this viral conspiracy ...

People have been getting drunk for millennia. Historical records show that alcohol was an integral part of many early ...

Iraq is grappling with one of the worst droughts in its history. Water levels in Turkish dams feeding Iraq’s rivers remain ...

As Labubus, a plush monster elf toy, continues to take the world by storm, a conspiracy theory suggesting connections to the demon Pazuzu is making its rounds online. It all began sometime in July ...

Heroin, one of the world’s most notorious narcotics, has a complex history that begins with the opium poppy. For thousands of years, people used the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) for its ...

Claims that a popular toy collectible was actually inspired by a demon from ancient folklore circulated online in July 2025. Some users claimed that Labubu, a cute, fuzzy monster ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

With the university’s ten-year anniversary approaching, Fr Shamasha, its Provost, spoke to Vatican News about its original ...

Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...