There's old-fashioned cooking and then there's this. Mersu is the oldest known dessert in human history, being discovered on ...

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

When Sumer was excavated and dated, the history known to man was radically expanded. From a natural perspective, Mesopotamia is a predominantly flat landscape, with extensive, vast sand plains and ...

Photograph by Werner Forman, GTRES This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers”—gave birth to ...

Widely recognized as Iraq's predominant classical music tradition, the Maqam encompasses a vast repertory of songs, accompanied by traditional instruments. Moreover, this popular genre provides a ...

The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about ... that hard-working individuals throughout history have always wanted their glass of beer? Well, this most ancient ...

5000 years ago, one clerk left messages for humanity on clay tablets which were found by a modern researcher (in the role is the writer of 2009 bestseller “Ink labyrinth” - Ludmila Filipova ...

Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire.

A mobile "Heritage Vehicle" toured 22 areas in Nineveh, Iraq, offering youth workshops on Cuneiform, Ziggurat drawing, Iraqi ...