Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

The study provided a clear picture of the well-planned ancient irrigation system that once flourished in the region.

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, ...

Recently, historian Dr. Esmé James shared what's essentially a 4,000-year-old text message from a teenager to his mother.

The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of ...

A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...

It’s an intriguing title. The Book of Before & After sounds like a novel by Philip Pullman. In fact it is a translation of ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality.