A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

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 ...

Tablets containing economic and administrative content dating back to Third Dynasty of Ur, Old Akkadian and Old Babylonian ...

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and hand over thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts — including clay cuneiform writing tablets — that were smuggled from the Middle East ...

This ancient mud brick was stamped with an inscription mentioning the Mesopotamian king Iakun-Diri. Researchers sampled it for their study and are excited about how artifacts like this can help us ...

Ca. 2300–2000 b.c. The head likely depicts a Mesopotamian ruler and is one of the earliest known life-size lost-wax metal sculptures to survive. It had been thought that the head was virtually ...

Archaeology & History A Trove of 500 Ancient Babylonian Treasures Was Just Unearthed The discoveries shed new light on life in ancient Mesopotamia.

Clay bricks from the building projects of ancient kings recorded a historical “map” of changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, a new study has found. About 3,000 years ago, for rea… ...

Science Archaeology 6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing The cylinders worked like a cookie press and were part of an accounting system. Laura Baisas Nov 5, 2024 6: ...

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 ...