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

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

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

Steppingstone Towers. 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Its script is described as ‘the most important system of writing that is undeciphered’ by renowned ... Could it be a ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought.

Mesopotamia, with its dense network of ancient ... records of other city-states," Earley-Spadoni says. "The presence of writing, monumental architecture, and other administrative artifacts in ...