The Akkadian Empire, considered the world's first empire, was established in Mesopotamia. It eventually fell due to a ...

Karna is one of the most celebrated heroes of the Mahabharata. Born to an unwed princess, Kunti, through a boon granted by ...

This story appears in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world's first empire, known as Akkad, was founded some 4,300 years ago, between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.

The ancient Assyrian language is classified as Akkadian; it was the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians, written in Cuneiform. To facilitate administrative tasks of the Assyrian Empire Aramaic ...

El Akkad, who was born in Egypt ... a walking away from what he consistently but rather vaguely calls “the empire.” He is clearly not alone in this — a similar despair contributed to ...

and an evisceration of the entire concept of empire. In advance of the book's publication on February 25 and an appearance by El Akkad at Powell's City of Books, we spoke with the author about ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows an archaeological excavation site near the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological ...

This page introduces a new way of exploring lexical semantics in Akkadian. How to cite this portal: Heidi Jauhiainen, Aleksi Sahala, Tero Alstola, Sam Hardwick, Tommi Jauhiainen, Krister Lindén and ...

In his 197-page hybrid of essay, memoir and journalistic reflections, El Akkad calls on Western governments and citizens to shrug off their apathy and intervene to stop the state of Israel ...

KIRSEHIR, Türkiye, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Located in the Kirsehir province in Türkiye's Central Anatolia region, the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological Museum has impressed many visitors with a captivating ...