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

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at ...

Buried beneath the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico lies a discovery that breaks the historical timeline wide open — a 12,500-year-old ochre mine carved into limestone by organized hands. These weren’t ...

As archaeologists slowly excavate this ancient statue from the earth, they are, in a sense, awakening a witness to humanity's earliest attempts to comprehend the cosmos and to communicate with the ...

NHK has learned that a Japan-based group that investigated ancient burial mounds in Bahrain found what could be one of the oldest known substances used as a cosmetic powder.

Climate change is significantly affecting ancient cities in southern Iraq, wiping away thousands of years of history.

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at ...

For Assyrians in today's Iraq, this monumental event holds profound lessons and inspiration. The Egyptian example ...