The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...
The British Museum’s ongoing Girsu Project discovered the true function of a mysterious structure - British Museum/Dr Sebastien Rey Ancient Sumerians invented a “civilisation-saving” water channel ...
Out of the many incredible artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have been more intriguing than the Sumerian King List. An ancient ...
The ancient copper industry in the Sultanate of Oman serves as compelling evidence of an advanced civilization that evolved ...
To reopen Wednesday after a yearlong closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Getty Villa has at last unveiled “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” The show, originally scheduled to open in March 2020 ...
Inscriptions on a set of four clay tablets from the ancient Near Eastern civilization of Babylonia have finally been completely deciphered, thousands of years after they were produced, a study reports ...
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