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 ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...

Credit: Rapid Travel Chai / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons Dilmun, also known as Telmun, was an ancient civilization that spoke an East Semitic language and was present in Eastern Arabia from the 3rd ...

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 team, ...

Credit: Antiquity (2025). Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, providing new insights into how early ...

Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...

The mystery of a pyramid structure that was found under the sea off the coast of the Azores Islands in 2013 is still puzzling ...