Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...

During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant's inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind ...

Ancient myths have influenced civilizations and can be mapped to zodiac signs. Each sign aligns with a mythological pantheon reflecting its traits, li ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

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

A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization ... of writing in southern Iraq, far less is known about literacy in northern Mesopotamian ...

Authorities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu are offering a reward of as much as $1 million (€960,000) for whoever can ...

Mesopotamia, known as the cradle of civilization, is celebrated for its ancient cities ... Clues such as the presence of writing and monumental architecture support this hypothesis, further increasing ...

The Sumerians introduced writing, and under their rule the arts flourished. Their temples—dedicated to such gods as to Innin, the goddess of fertility, or to Dumuzi, a kind of Sumerian Adonis ...