Iraq intends to open a tourism town dedicated to one of Mesopotamia’s oldest civilisations, the Sumerians. Two years after it ...

Ancient warnings from texts like the Sumerian King List and Hopi prophecies reveal cyclical disaster patterns that could help you prepare for future global catastrophes.

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many ...

Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago. High ...

UMM AL-AJARIB, Iraq — Iraqi archeologists are striving to bring to light what they describe as Mesopotamia’s largest “city of graves,” where the Sumerians buried their dead nearly 5,000 years ago. The ...

When historians look back into time to name the first civilized people, they usually pick the Sumerians, who built imposing cities, including Abraham’s Ur of the Chaldees, in southern Mesopotamia ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple at the heart of the ancient city of Girsu, in southeastern Iraq. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Introduction : becoming art -- The search for Origins : Mesopotamia and the cradle of civilization -- Uruk : the arts of civilization -- Early Dynastic Sumer : images for people, temples for gods -- ...

The Morgan Library & Museum presents She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C, on view in New York through February 19, 2023. Cylinder seal (modern impression) with ...