When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

They date back to the Akkad period (2300-2150 BC), which, Rey tells The Art Newspaper, was “an extremely important period in Mesopotamian history—featuring charismatic kings such as Naram-Sin ...

A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia. Under the leadership of geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, researchers ...

History’s first city, at least according to the ancient text known as the Sumerian King List found on a clay tablet, was also ...

In this week's Ahead of the Game series, we check out My Father Lied, in which you point and click your way through retro ...

Best-selling author Joshua Hammer joins John Williams to discuss his new book, “The Mesopotamian Riddle.” Joshua talks about ...