By: Matthew Phillips For nearly two decades, Clay McDougald has faced down smoke, fire and wreckage, rushing into danger while others run from it. As a veteran firefighter in Troy, McDougald has made ...

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

The openings of two much-ballyhooed museums in the past 15 months have enhanced Kansas City’s cultural landscape immeasurably: The Rabbit hOle in North Kansas City and the Museum of BBQ in Crown ...

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

Oakleigh High Hawk, center, is handed a pinwheel she made with help from Sidney Police Officer Bryce Stewart at Sidney ...

Researchers discovered pieces of 19 clay rattles made in Hama, Syria, dating back to the Bronze Age, in the collections of ...

She’s incredibly smart,” Smith shared, demonstrating Pumpernickel’s ability to sit, lie down, and even offer her paw—all in ...

One of the oldest known baby rattles was found in an infant burial in northern Mesopotamia, dating to the Ubaid period ...

This represents the largest collection of clay rattles of its kind from that period, according to France 24. The toys, difficult to recognize due to being discovered in fragments during ...

The Santori Public Library in downtown Aurora is offering visitors a chance to relive their childhood as well as celebrate Mexican art and culture with the “Behind Every Toy, There is a ...