A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some ...

The discovery of sacrificed teens from 4,800 years ago may complicate our understanding of ancient societal hierarchies. ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality.

After the immense international success of "La Disparition de Josef Mengele", Olivier Guez returns with "Mesopotamia" – a novel about Gertrude Bell, a young lady from Victorian high society who became ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

Sixth grade project using Ancient Mesopotamia social studies curriculum and Microsoft Word. In pairs, the students create an ABC book. One student does A-M the other student does N-Z. They brainstorm ...

Previous studies have hinted that this period corresponded to the rise of kingship in ancient Mesopotamia as part of a general trend towards the formation of some of the world’s first states and ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

After decades of inaccessibility due to unrest and wars, teams of archaeologists from around the globe return to the greatest sites in Mesopotamia in a bid to save what can still be saved.

The archaeological cities of Uruk and Ur and the Tell Eridu archaeological site form part of the remains of the Sumerian cities and settlements that developed in southern Mesopotamia between the 4th ...