Humans have been kissing for a long time, according to an article published in the journal Science on Thursday. Researchers studied cuneiform texts from ancient Mesopotamia in an effort to unlock ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, one of the cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of the first writing system. In the ...

Such cylinder seals were used for millennia throughout Mesopotamia, where they were rolled across clay tablets to print their motifs on them — often to verify a transaction or, later, a letter.

Uruk, now known as Warka, was one of the earliest cities to arise in Mesopotamia, and it served as a center of cultural influence that could be traced from what is now southwest Iran to southeast ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

The earliest recorded kiss goes back at least 4,500 years to Mesopotamia. ... Recent papers have suggested that romantic or sexual kissing began 3,500 years ago in what is now India.

The British Museum yesterday put the recently deciphered clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia - now Iraq - on display. It's claimed to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever ...

A prehistoric town that had remained untouched beneath the ground near Syria for 6,000 years is now revealing clues about the first cities in the Middle East prior to the invention of the wheel.

A look at how the past reshapes the present in a show that mixes objects ranging from 5,000-year-old Sumerian statuary to 20th-century sculptures by Henry Moore.

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.