The new clay tablets are being held at the Sulaymaniyah Museum. They contain 20 new lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh poem, telling of gods, men and mythical beasts, reports the media site Open Culture.
In 1955, the charter flight DC-4C vanished from radar and for 37 years no one had found any trace of it. But then in 1992, as if out of nowhere, the airplane once again appeared in the sky.
A great many of the objects around us are the result of ingenious and resourceful minds. However, in testing some of them, the inventors themselves paid with their very lives.
A cosmic surprise - this is what astronomers are describing what the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted in the heart of the galaxy NGC 4889. This is the largest black hole scientists have ever seen.
If a person were to put their hand in the boiling river's waters, even for a second, they can get 3rd degree burns. And if they fall in it - death is almost certain.
It is believed that the mass vaccinations of pregnant women in Brazil in the year 2014, one year prior to the emergence of Zika, was all done to spread the virus.
Whenever human curiosity and the thirst for knowledge know no bounds of ethical standards, some medical experiments can turn into the very embodiment of cruelty.
A species of triple-horned dinosaur, unknown until now, was discovered in the northern wilderness of Canada, writes the British Daily Mail. The horned reptile roamed the Earth approximately 89 million years ago.
A fallen meteorite has killed a person and injured 3 others near the Indian city of Vellore. This is the first time in history something like this has happened.
Nearly half of all of Mossad's spies are of the fairer sex, according to former director of the intelligence agency Tamir Pardo. He says that women do a much better job in spy operations and research.
To stand out among her peers, Margaretha began making up stories, where her father was a Japanese prince and her mother a baroness. To get away from her parents, Margaretha decided to marry.
For nearly 5 centuries, West India and Pakistan have had a ritual where they throw 1-year-old babies off from a 50 ft minaret. This rite is done to bring luck.