Back in the day, Ancient Mesopotamia was the place to be. Considering the geographical area of some of humanity’s most ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

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

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.

Picture writing was invented in Mesopotamia before 3,000 BC. This clay tablet, dating to about 3,100 BC, has written on it a list of rations. It shows how writing was developing from using pictures to ...

After a devastating divorce, the crime novelist took a trip to Baghdad in 1928 and lost her heart—to the ancient sites of Iraq and archaeologist Max Mallowan. This ivory carving of a young man ...

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over ...

Running 1,051km from Ankara to Diyarbakır, it passes through stark, mountainous landscapes and some of the country's most important historical sites. Train travel is having a moment. From the Tren ...

The evolutionary timing and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), one of the most successful groups of bacterial pathogens, remains largely unknown. Using mycobacterial tandem ...