When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object’s owner authorized ...
New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...
New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...
A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...
Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.
The British Museum’s ongoing Girsu Project discovered the true function of a mysterious structure - British Museum/Dr Sebastien Rey Ancient Sumerians invented a “civilisation-saving” water channel ...
More than 3,000 years before the first hospital opened its doors, healers in the ancient world were already experimenting ...