A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...

Research shows that ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer, the world’s first civilization. Shifting deltas and tidal rhythms ...

A recent study is changing the understanding of how urbanization developed in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the analysis, the emergence of the Sumerian civilization was not only the result of ...

Long before cities or empires, beer brought people together. From Neolithic farms to Mesopotamian temples, brewing helped lay ...

A monumental structure, whose foundations date back to the dawn of urbanization in the Fertile Crescent, has been unearthed ...

The Patriarchs of the East have recognized that the Assyrian nationality is not opposed to religion, denomination, or faith; ...

An ancient sculpture from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is headed back to Iraq, where it was made, but not before yielding vital new information about ancient artists’ ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the warnings etched in stone tablets, whispered through sacred texts, and painted ...

In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, ...

They say you cannot see the world in a day, but they clearly have not been to the British Museum. After five hours of ...