Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian site of Girsu ... the British Museum’s curator for ancient Mesopotamia, tells the Observer’s Dalya Alberge. The Girsu Project researchers found ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy.

The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

While the texts may not be great masterpieces of Sumerian literature, like the Epic of Gilgamesh, the British Museum’s curator for ancient Mesopotamia, director of the Girsu Project, Sébastien Rey ...

While the texts may not be great masterpieces of Sumerian literature, like the Epic of Gilgamesh, the British Museum’s curator for ancient Mesopotamia, director of the Girsu Project, Sébastien ...

The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia, with their civilization emerging around ... Through this multifaceted approach, the book vividly showcases the ancient civilization's unique ...

The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia, with their civilization ... the book vividly showcases the ancient civilization's unique allure. Zhang Yu, editor-in-chief of Yilin Press ...

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...