In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with Mesopotamian DNA.

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Progress” is coming in for a bit of a kicking lately. The idea that life on this planet is advancing towards perfection, or at least improving in some way – usually measured in terms such as economic ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rare artifacts from the Paleolithic era at Ulukoy Cave in Türkiye’s southeastern Mardin province, revealing the earliest known evidence of human activity in northern ...

New data on people living in Mesopotamia in the Neolithic period shows how immigration caused the land to be genetically diverse, according to a recent study conducted by Turkish researchers. The ...

In his new book, “Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource,” environmental journalist Sam Bloch encourages us to ...

Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilisation, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by ...

The idea of Mesopotamia has intoxicated the West for centuries. Alastair Sooke takes a look at a civilisation where much of modern culture took form. “Everybody has heard of the Hanging Gardens ...

Mesopotamia gave birth to a writing system that many scholars believe is the oldest in the world, dating back to more than 5,200 years ago. Written on clay tablets, this writing system is often ...

OUT OF MESOPOTAMIA By Salar Abdoh 237 pp. Akashic Books. $26.95. A version of this article appears in print on , Page 19 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: The Battlefield Beckons.

Article Published: 30 November 1940 Ancient Mesopotamia and the Beginnings of Science E. A. SPEISER Nature 146, 705–709 (1940) Cite this article ...