The Stele of the Vultures, dating from roughly 2450 BCE, is a monumental piece of limestone sculpture originating from the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash, located in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day…
The first recorded war in human history is widely considered to be the conflict between the ancient Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma, which took place around 2450 BCE in…
Few materials in human history have captured the imagination quite like Damascus steel. Revered for its beauty, legendary sharpness, and almost mythical durability, true Damascus steel was a product of…
Sitting Bull is often remembered as the defiant Lakota Sioux chief who stood victorious at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Yet this popular image—of a fearless warrior…