Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society that could upend the accepted narrative of where writing and urban life began.

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.

The world’s oldest recorded teenage complaint. Recently, historian Dr. Esmé James shared what’s essentially a 4,000-year-old text message from a teenager to his mother. This clay tablet ...

Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

The author, a historian brings to life the world of ancient Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, tracing their rise from a loose federation to a monarchy to the rise of ancient Sumerian civilization, ...

Vast network of canals found underneath world’s first city. Archaeologists find nearly 200 primary canals and 4,000 smaller branches feeding over 700 farms ...

Arslantepe is located on Turkey’s Maltya Plain far from lowland Mesopotamia’s urban centers. In addition to these luxury items, the tomb burial complex also contains evidence of human sacrifices.

Mesopotamia Artifacts Help Explain How Language Evolved from Pictures to Words By comparing early markings used for business purposes to 'proto' cuneiform, we can say language transitioned from ...