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

Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again.

Rivers have always been more than just flowing water. They're lifelines, highways, and silent witnesses to humanity's ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

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

Archaeologists in Turkey unearthed a 1,600-year-old Roman wine production site near Kahta Castle. The remarkably preserved ...

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

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 ...

A recently published study in PLOS ONE is reshaping scientific understanding of the rise of urban civilization in ancient ...

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

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 ...

A fresh translation of a fragmentary Sumerian tablet has revealed one of the world's oldest surviving narratives featuring a cunning fox as an unlikely hero. The ancient clay tablet, designated Ni ...