Bloomsbury Auctions/BNPSThis 5,000-year-old tablet depicting beer-making and a signed sales transaction was sold for $230,000. A wealthy American collector purchased an ancient Sumerian tablet for ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Every story about descent starts with a pull, something that draws you downward, whether you’re ready or not. In Inanna’s case, it was her sister Ereshkigal, queen of the underworld. Ereshkigal wasn’t ...

Real-time tactical stealth adventure game Sumerian Six will launch for PC via Steam on September 2, publisher Devolver Digital and developer Artificer announced.

Sumerian Six is a strategy video game developed by Artificer and published by Devolver Digital. About Sumerian Six follows the Enigma Squad, a team of scientist commandos composed of the world&#821… ...

Some jokes are like a fine wine and age well with time; others get rather lost in translation as the centuries pass. One joke, etched in the ancient cuneiform writing of the Sumerian people, stands as ...

The Sumerians, Maya and other ancient cultures created texts that have lasted hundreds and even thousands of years. Here's what they can teach us about crafting an immortal message.

Modern marines have tested out ancient Greek body armor in an 11-hour simulation of Bronze Age combat and found it to be battle-worthy. The experiment, for a study published in the open-access ...

A 4,000-year-old Sumerian proverb about a dog that walks into a tavern has left scholars and thousands of online commenters scratching their heads. The joke’s meaning has been lost, but finding ...