World’s oldest city was not in Mesopotamia: 6,000-year-old sites challenge history. Story by Maria Mocerino • 1w. R ecent archaeological discoveries are rewriting the narrative of human history.

A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia is being proposed. Mesopotamia is widely believed to be the cradle of civilization, but a growing body of ...

The royal tombs of Ur revealed Mesopotamia's golden splendor. ... Among the sites picked for detailed exploration was Tell al Muqayyar—better known today as Ur. War, Peace, and Sacrifice.

Mesopotamia is a land of many firsts. It's home to some of the earliest cities in the world and many pivotal scientific discoveries.

Ancient Mesopotamia — encompassing present-day Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey — "is one of the biggest cradles of civilization," said Clemens Reichel, ROM's associate curator ...

“She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia ca. 3400-2000 B.C. at the Morgan proves the world's first author was a woman, not a man. And she wrote in the first person.

John Ray reviews "American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute" by Jeffrey Abt.

Hassett led the research into Bronze Age cemetery Başur Höyük in Turkey. At the time, the area was part of the ancient region of Mesopotamia, which encompassed parts of today's Turkey, Iraq ...

Agatha Christie's adventurous 'second act' plays out in Mesopotamia. After a devastating divorce, the crime novelist took a trip to Baghdad in 1928 and lost her heart—to the ancient sites of ...