Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

In 1849 archaeologists found 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing during excavations in Iraq, the translation of these ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

Some Of The Most Important Sumerian Gods Sumerian mythology states that Nammu, a mother goddess linked to the primeval sea, gave birth to two of the most important Sumerian gods: An, the god of the ...

M esopotamia was a region of West Asia where present-day Iraq is located. The Sumerians were among the earliest civilizations to inhabit the region and they’re credited with some of the most ...

A wealthy American collector purchased the ancient Sumerian tablet for $230,000 in August 2020. “One only gets a few chances to work with any item of such importance, marking a milestone in perhaps ...

A writing system potentially older than Sumerian writing Recent excavations at the Konar Sandal archaeological site in southern Iran have uncovered a series of rectangular tablets engraved with ...