The findings indicate that the origins of the state and its institutions in Mesopotamia are, at least in part, in their capacity to provide food to members. Recent excavations at the Shakhi Kora ...

A thick deposit of deliberately placed sand found beneath an ancient Mesopotamian temple is shaking up what we thought we ...

A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia is being proposed. Mesopotamia is widely believed to be the cradle of civilization, but a growing body of ...

Mesopotamia’s first cities survived drought, war, and empire, until the Gutians swept down from the mountains and plunged the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rare artifacts from the Paleolithic era at Ulukoy Cave in Türkiye’s southeastern Mardin province, revealing the earliest known evidence of human activity in northern ...

She lived more than 4,000 years ago, she was a Sumerian priestess and, worth mentioning, she was the first recorded author in the world. Her name is Enheduanna, and her place in history is finally ...

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Mesopotamia is not only the earliest-known settlement but also responsible for laying the foundation of the world as we know it today Driving north out of Samawa towards Baghdad, a short way beyond ...