Back in the day, Ancient Mesopotamia was the place to be. Considering the geographical area of some of humanity’s most ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Archaeologists have recently unearthed a 5,000-year-old cultic space at the site of Kani Shaie in Iraq. This monumental building, deeply connected to ancient Uruk, one of the world’s first cities, ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in human history, including writing, urbanism and the state. Among these ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that at least 11 children and young people were killed as a result of ritualistic sacrifice between 3100 and 2800 B.C.E. Their research was published Wednesday ...

Researchers have discovered a large 5,000-year-old temple in northern Iraq, at the Kani Shaie site in Sulaymaniyah province.

Around 4000 years ago, in the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, Ancient Mesopotamia developed the first written language of the world. On view until June 2020, the “Ancient Mesopotamia ...

Ancient Mesopotamia refers to a region within the Middle East, primarily between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where several large and powerful civilizations thrived for thousands of years. Often ...

This breathtaking show of nine ancient Mesopotamian sculptures, made between 3300 and 2250 B.C., was inspired by a rare Akkadian flood-narrative tablet, from 1646 B.C., acquired by Pierpont Morgan ...

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

Oscar-nominated Syrian filmmaker Talal Derki (“Of Fathers and Sons”) is developing an epic fantasy series set in ancient Mesopotamia that marks the acclaimed documentarian’s first foray into episodic ...