Sumer was an ancient civilization located in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now modern-day Iraq. It is often considered the cradle of civilization due to its numerous innovations, including the ...
Fifteen Sumerian tablets reveal the workings of a 4,000-year-old royal estate linked to Princess Šat-Eštar in ancient Mesopotamia.
Explore the Sumerian innovations that birthed civilization! Discover their groundbreaking contributions to law, writing, and ...
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7,000-year-old figurines with reptilian heads found in Ubaid graves
Over 100 terracotta statuettes with elongated snake-like heads and coffee bean eyes have been excavated from Ubaid period ...
A team of scientists has used ancient tooth enamel to deconstruct what a community in ancient Mesopotamia ate on a daily basis. The residents of the third-millennium BCE site of Abu Tbeirah (in modern ...
Cylinder seal (modern impression) with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Akkadian period (ca. 2334–2154 BCE), Cuneiform inscription: “To the deity Niniškun, Ilaknuid, ...
Newswise — Woods Hole, Mass. (August 20, 2025) -- A newly published study challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting that the rise of ...
The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...
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