A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are considered the world's oldest civilisation, dating back to around 4000 BCE. The Sumerians ...

The Erbil Civilization Museum, which houses rare artifacts dating back thousands of years, from the Stone Age to the Sumerian, Assyrian, and Islamic periods, stands as a testament to the historical ...

New findings at Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets and monumental ruins, reveal insights into Middle Bronze Age life and ...

Millennia ago, in the Fertile Crescent, the land nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now present-day Iran, the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer arose. Sumerians ...

Mesopotamia, a region that includes all of modern-day Iraq ... Far from a monolithic region, the Fertile Crescent was home to many ancient civilizations including Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia.

The precious pre-Islamic artifacts destroyed by the jihadists are now in pieces, but the archaeologists working in Nimrud are undaunted by the colossal task they face ...

A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and around present-day Iraq. The study of these new tablets could reveal ...

All the latest game footage and images from Sid Meier's Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization Map Pack - Mesopotamia by Firaxis Games | 2010 2 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 4 ...

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...