It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its ...

Photo taken on July 21, 202 shows an exhibit at the Mesopotamian Gallery of the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang) Visitors view exhibits at the Mesopotamian Gallery ...

Anna Eshoo is the U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993 and helping to preserve the rich ethnic culture of the Assyrians in her community.

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Leonard Woolley waxing a skeleton for removal, in Ur (1929-1930) (courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) After excavation, ancient artifacts embark on an ...

Ancient Mesopotamian scribes solved the world’s first recorded algebraic equation on clay tablets. Their methods laid the foundation for symbolic mathematics and influenced many modern sciences.

Researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity's earliest agricultural practices.

Beowulf flexes his might against beasts and dragons, but in front of a backdrop of loss and decay. The work ends not in ...

An ancient civilization that ruled Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago was likely wiped out because of disastrous dust storms, a new study suggests. The Akkadian Empire, which ruled what is now Iraq ...

"We left our homes in 2011. There were no signs of life left in the city because of the daily shelling," recounted Tony ...

It’s been about five months since I set foot in a bar. Like many of you navigating life in a pandemic, I miss bars. I miss the simple pleasure of sharing a beer with friends. And I know I’m not alone.

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