Study of ancient cuneiform cylinders reveals how Nebuchadnezzar II restored Kish’s ziggurat and linked his rule to Babylon’s ...

Nebuchadnezzar II claimed divine inspiration for his restoration work, stating that the gods Zababa and Ishtar motivated him to undertake the project. After completing the renovations, he proclaimed: ...

Angkor Wat is more than a temple — it was once a powerful ancient city hidden deep in the jungles of Cambodia. Built over 900 ...

Brazilian director Petra Costa follows up on her Oscar-nominated film The Edge of Democracy, an examination of the collapses of the left-wing governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, with ...

If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future. It may be a cliché, but it’s true. Luckily, the movies are always here to tell us about the way things used to be. Are they always accurate? No ...

Here we are in the overlapping center of a Venn diagram showing pro-wrestling enthusiasts and PBS fans. You’ll find chops, suplexes, lucha libre dazzle, piledrivers, dropkicks, clotheslines, and maybe ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

The true crime genre continues to evolve, as evidenced by the wealth of documentaries on offer in 2025. From The Perfect Neighbor to Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, we’ve ranked the 15 best ...