Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University ...

A recently discovered palace in modern-day Iraq dates back 4,500 years and is said to contain the key to understanding the ...

Focaccia is one of the most popular Italian baked goods. Surprisingly, it turns out it was probably baked centuries ago!

Iran has been relentlessly pushing its agenda to dominate the region, particularly in the Fertile Crescent, stretching fro ...

The 2023 earthquakes caused widespread damage to Türkiye’s agriculture sector, affecting nearly 50,000 individuals and ...

The combination flowed down the mountainside and collected in the clay of the riverbanks, where women used the clay to scrub laundry clean. Although soap was known in the Fertile Crescent as early as ...

A new study indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, developed a complex culinary ...

the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, developed a complex culinary tradition that included the baking of large loaves of bread and “focaccias ...

It sheds light on how these ancient societies turned simple ingredients into communal feasts. Husking trays, distinct from ...