I hate to be predictable. It’s a good way to lose people’s attention. But there are two column subjects you know I’m going to write about every year – Christmas and Easter. A look at the calendar ...

Researchers uncovered a remarkably preserved network of over 200 ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, revealing sophisticated water management techniques used as early as the sixth ...

This cradle is the land between two rivers, Mesopotamia—the starting point for the agricultural villages that would grow in size and complexity until some 5,000 years ago. These villages became cities ...

Previous studies have hinted that this period corresponded to the rise of kingship in ancient Mesopotamia as part of a general trend towards the formation of some of the world’s first states and ...

Does the Bible sometimes seem random to you? What does Hezekiah have to do with Philemon? How is Enoch connected to Ruth? What do battles in ancient Mesopotamia have to do with the church? Is the ...

Once part of ancient Mesopotamia, Başur Höyük is dated to between 3100 and 2800 B.C. Several stone tombs were discovered there a decade ago, full of hundreds of copper artifacts, textiles and ...