Imagine standing on a vast land where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers define the boundaries. This is Mesopotamia, often called the “Birthplace of Civilization.” Thousands of years ago, in what ...

Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society ...

A Mesopotamian myth from nearly 4,000 years ago tells of a man who builds a boat to save the world from a divine flood, long ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

Two Mesopotamian sculptures from around 2112-2004 B.C., included in “She Who Wrote,” an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum. The figure in the background holds a tablet in her lap, as if ...

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...

Mesopotamian Masterpieces Exquisite art and artifacts from the world’s earliest civilization are dazzling visitors to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Richard Covington.

Lifestyle Archaeologists stumped by strange alien-like figurine dating back 7,000 years: 'Raises questions' The artifact dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia ...

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing. By Joshua Hammer. Simon & Schuster. 400 pages.

Joshua Hammer’s “The Mesopotamian Riddle” chronicles the 19th-century contest between an archaeologist, a soldier and a clergyman to decipher an ancient text ...