The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia from about 4500 to 1750 B.C.E., and developed a number of technologies that changed the ...

Sexuality was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia, an area of the Ancient Near East often described as the cradle of western civilisation roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and ...

A Mesopotamian myth from nearly 4,000 years ago tells of a man who builds a boat to save the world from a divine flood, long ...

Ancient ritual site of a Mesopotamian war god that was used for animal sacrifices 5,000 years ago is uncovered in Iraq. Archaeologists have uncovered a sacred plaza dedicated to a war god in Iraq ...

The ghostly profiles of ancient gods emerge from a ca. 3,000-year-old rock carving in Turkey. ... Mesopotamian god of storms (far right, clutching a trio of lightning bolts); ...

Mesopotamia refers to a broad area that can include all of Iraq, eastern Syria, southeast Turkey, parts of western Iran and Kuwait. The word "Mesopotamia," is an ancient Greek name that is ...

In The Exorcist, 12-year-old Regan is possessed by Pazuzu, a fictional demon based on Assyrian and Babylonian mythology. AAP. Ghosts were an accepted part of life in ancient Mesopotamia.

This ancient society helped build the modern world. Writing, laws, cities, ... a Sumerian god of water, creation, and fertility who is sometimes depicted as part goat.