Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery of thousands of cuneiform tablets at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu ... society, and culture of this poorly known area, northern Mesopotamia ...

(The city-state of Ur emerged as an important center of commerce and Sumerian culture circa 2700 b.c.) The prize piece is the Standard of Ur (below), a trapezoidal box, 18-1/2 inches long by 8 ...

What was the greatest Sumerian city? A number of Sumerian city-states inhabited the area, including Eridu, Ur, Nippur, Lagash and Kish, but Uruk was a popular and prosperous trading center with six ...

culture, and far-reaching global impact of Sumerian civilization. The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia, with their civilization emerging around 3000 BC, and became regarded as one ...

The Sumerian city is a splendid sight ... wavy ruts that must be the tracks of a wonky-wheeled cart. The same culture – the funnel beaker people – made pots decorated with motifs that look ...

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and experts from leading universities and research institutions across China to ...