A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

Bronze Age potters working in the city of Hama in current-day Syria appear to have sold more than just cups, bowels, and ...

One of the oldest known baby rattles was found in an infant burial in northern Mesopotamia, dating to the Ubaid period between 5300 and 5000 B.C., according to the study. The rattles became widespread ...

SYRIA WAS once a thriving hub of diverse merchant cities. During the Islamic Golden Age (from the eighth to ... foreign powers. Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and ...

The large town, which was home to up to 500 residents, was built around 2,400 BC during the early Bronze Age, the researchers ... Sea from present-day Syria to Jordan. Northwest Arabia at the ...

(a) Map of the Eastern Mediterranean showing the location of Tell Tweini, Syria; (b) Bronze and Iron Age houses from the Field A excavations; (c) Middle Bronze Age grave with Cypriote ceramics.

This site was one of the ancient cities of the Middle East and is considered one of the first medium-sized urban centers that emerged in western Syria ... to the Early Bronze Age.

Cemal Pulak, a nautical archaeologist at Texas A&M University who was not involved in the find, said, “I consider any Bronze Age shipwreck ... conducted west out of Syria and Canaan to southern ...