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The "Orthostat Building" in Tel Kabri's Area D-West originally discovered in 2011. The Orthostat Building is believed to have been constructed as part of the Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri between 1600 and 1550 BCE during...

A portion of an Ottoman-Period Palestinian aqueduct constructed during the reign of Jezzar Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Acre (1775–1804 CE). The aqueduct runs from Tel Kabri to Acre in Northern Israel and functioned all the way up to 1948 CE...

Ziggurat at Chogha Zanbil consecrated to the God Inshushinak. Inshushinak was one of the most important Elamite deities, worshipped in Susa and Khuzestan region during the Middle Elamite Period.

Area DS-1 of Tel Kabri in 2011 as seen from the Mandate Period road.

A table of Tel Kabri's stratigraphy for Middle Bronze Age I and II. Source: Yasur-Landau et al. 2014, 356-364; Kempinski 2002, 4-5 Yasur-Landau et al. 2012, 3.

Carved stone cuneiform tablets in Sumerian. Left: Temple of Ningirsu, Girsu. Right: Temple of Nindara, Ur. Dating around 2141-2122 BCE.

In the ninth century BCE, Gordium became the capital of the Phrygians, a Thracian tribe that had invaded and settled in Asia.

Nalanda was a revered center of learning and one of the oldest universities in the world. It was located in Magadha, modern day Bihar, India, and it was operational between c. 300-1200 CE. Students from Tibet, China, Central Asia, and Korea...

Nalanda was one of the oldest universities of the world and a revered center of learning. It was located in Magadha, modern day Bihar, India and was operational between c. 300-1200 CE. It received patronage from the Gupta Empire and also...

The Iron Pillar in Qutub Complex, Delhi is a stellar example of advanced metallurgy technology in Gupta Period (circa 320 - 550 CE). The 7 m (23 ft) high pillar was made corrosion resistant. It bears Sanskrit - Brahmi inscriptions eulogising...