An aerial view of the Sumerian temple. Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to Ningirsu, the Mesopotamian god of springtime thunder, the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 5,000-year-old sacred plaza in Iraq that was used for rituals to appease a Mesopotamian warrior-god. The team working at the site in Telloh believe it was used for feasts, ...

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

Close up of the giant statue to the god Nabu stood at the entrance of the Temple of Nabu which is now housed in the Iraq Museum in Iraq. (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP / CC BY-SA 4.0) Nestled in the ...

Researchers have discovered a large 5,000-year-old temple in northern Iraq, at the Kani Shaie site in Sulaymaniyah province.

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