Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

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

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

City life isn't always a walk in the park; unless you're actually walking through a park. It's noisy, crowded, and commutes can be frustrating. If only there was a way to design the perfect city to ...

From the way we communicate to the way we heal, everyday life has been shaped by innovations that originated here. Let’s ...

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

Recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, this bronze device is considered one of the most advanced technological artifacts of the ancient world. With a complex system of gears ...

The state archives of the ancient Sumerian site of Girsu ... Rey explained: “Sargon developed this new form of governance by conquering all the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia, creating what most ...

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy. A discovery in ...

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

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 ...