Kings and Generals’ historical animated series returns with a deep dive into the origins of commerce in the ancient world.

A king of Elam in Genesis (14:1) is named as Chedorlaomer, and according to tradition ruled Elam and the wider region at the same time as the Sumerian king Hammurabi, in the 18th century B.C ...

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

Researchers have used bricks baked in ancient Mesopotamia to prove an unexplained spike in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field.

Mesopotamia was one of the cradles of civilization 6000 years ago, located in the fertile valley between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, it was the birthplace of current day society and the first ...

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

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Surprisingly enough, it was not because Enheduanna was the daughter of a king that she had equality but because in the age of Mesopotamia, woman had more power than did women of 19 th century England.

Oldest and most complete ancient Egyptian human genome ever sequenced reveals ties to Mesopotamia 'God-king' born from incest in ancient Ireland wasn't a god or a king, new study finds ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Statue of the Sumerian King David” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 93 No. 8 (August 1905), p. 137 doi:10.1038 ...