In Saudi Arabia’s AlUla valley, the ancient city of Hegra, once a critical stop on the Incense Route, is slowly revealing its ...

The royal tombs of Ur revealed Mesopotamia's golden splendor. Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most ...

The earliest recorded kiss goes back at least 4,500 years to Mesopotamia Researchers cite clay tablets and other materials that push back evidence of kissing by about 1,000 years May 18, 2023 More ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society that could upend the accepted narrative of where writing and urban life began.

Mesopotamia is a land of many firsts. It's home to some of the earliest cities in the world and many pivotal scientific discoveries. ... Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, ...

Corresponding to an area comprising of today’s Iraq, part of Syria, and Turkey, the heartland of Mesopotamia stretched between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. It encompassed different peoples ...

Elizabeth Winkler writes about Enheduanna, a priestess of ancient Mesopotamia, ... Sargon, united Mesopotamia’s city-states to create what is sometimes called history’s first empire.

“She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia ca. 3400-2000 B.C. at the Morgan proves the world's first author was a woman, not a man. And she wrote in the first person.

More queens have been recorded through time in Mesopotamian history. For instance, Queen Shibtu, of the city-state kingdom of Mari, who skilfully carried out administrative responsibilities during ...