These discoveries open a new window into everyday life in a part of Mesopotamia ... Ancient map reveals the known world from the 6th century BCE ・2,500-year-old lost city of Thonis-Heracleion ...

At the bottom center of the map sits Mesopotamia, but what's particularly unique is the two circles that enclose the city. 'The double ring is very important because it has cuneiform writing in it ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time.

A ground-penetrating eye in the sky has helped to rehydrate an ancient southern Mesopotamian city, tagging it as what amounted to a Venice of the Fertile Crescent. Identifying the watery nature of ...