A new study published in Archaeological Research in Asia determined that the advancement of Stone Age archaeology in the Near East happened much earlier—and was more nuanced and complex—than ...

Ancient Near East is the birthplace of agriculture ... However, early symbol systems are known to have existed even in the Paleolithic or early Stone Age. Later, during the Neolithic or later Stone ...

These New Kingdom temples were built of stone to endure ... ziggurat in the Near East. The ziggurat-building tradition ...