A thick deposit of deliberately placed sand found beneath an ancient Mesopotamian temple is shaking up what we thought we knew about the origins of worship in northern Iraq. This surprising discovery ...

ERBIL — An ancient clay tablet dating back more than 3,400 years is offering rare insight into the origins of written music, with scholars identifying it as the oldest known example of musical ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer draws on a deeply personal experience to examine what economics reveals about drugs, addiction, and the laws meant to contain them. Photo: Free to Choose Network When I ...

“I wanted something new and something traditional and something that felt holy.” By Ruth Igielnik and Ruth Graham For several years, many pastors across the country have noticed young adults, ...

A 3,500-year-old figurine known as the “Genç Fırtına Tanrısı” (“Young Storm God”) discovered by chance and recently added to a museum collection, has gone on public display for the first time at the ...

The imperfect state of archaeological research in the Near East impedes any definite identification of the original race or races that created the earliest civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt.

One of the more enigmatic entities of ancient history, Urartu rose to power in the 9th century BC, spreading its influence around illustrious Van Lake in present-day Turkey. From the start, Urartu was ...

(RNS) — When it comes to going to church, a generational pattern is playing out in many households around the world: Grandparents never miss Sunday service; parents attend only on holidays; children, ...

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Headlines abound suggesting that Gen Z, mostly led by Gen Z men, are bucking the conventional wisdom that young people are destined to leave organized religion and instead are leading what some call a ...

In the new Religious Landscape Study (RLS), nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults who are currently married (74%) say they have the same religion as their spouse, a similar share as in the 2014 RLS (75 ...

A major new study on religious views in the United States finds – as Americans’ connection to organized religion continues to fade – there are deep divides over the appropriate role for religion in ...