Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and mythical lands.

Unveiling the mysteries of early civilization, Mesopotamian clay provides valuable insights into the origins of chemistry.

Rashid’s book is as much a people’s history of Mesopotamia as it is a history of objects, great personages and notable events ...

Biblical archaeologists are using ancient texts and modern technology to uncover possible clues to one of Christianity's ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative bull's ...

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 ...

Is the Smithsonian Weaseling Out from White House Questions? Both Parties Need to Get Serious About the Population Crisis The Breakfast Club’s Nostalgia and Anxiety I Need to Stop Watching These ...

The musical duo Sultana will present “History and Legends through Song” at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Gardner Museum, 28 Pearl St ...

From about 2,100 BC, Amorites from the desert began moving into Iraq from the west, and settling around the cities. In about 2,000 BC they contributed to the overthrow of the dominant Third Dynasty of ...

The evolutionary timing and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), one of the most successful groups of bacterial pathogens, remains largely unknown. Using mycobacterial tandem ...