A group of archaeologists has successfully deciphered a4,000-year-old collection of cuneiform tablets that reveal ominous ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation ...

The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

The study provided a clear picture of the well-planned ancient irrigation system that once flourished in the region.

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...

The Magan civilisation, often associated with the region of modern-day Oman, played a significant role in the trade networks ...

Göbekli Tepe is located in Upper Mesopotamia, a region which saw the emergence of ... Göbekli Tepe is legally protected by Law 2863/1983 on the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Properties, ...