The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia Sebastian ... and revered as a sanctuary of the Sumerian heroic god Ningirsu and megacity.

A group of archaeologists has successfully deciphered a4,000-year-old collection of cuneiform tablets that reveal ominous ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for millennia. Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems were ...

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. The site of the Hanging Gardens of ...

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Mesopotamia by Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and comedian Phil Wang to learn about the history of cuneiform, the oldest writing system in the world. In the 19th Century, ...

Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic ... was once revered as the sanctuary of the Sumerian heroic god Ningirsu. At its peak, it covered hundreds of hectares worth of land ...

Despite more than  200 years of archaeological discoveries that disprove this Creation Myth as just that - a myth, a ...

The experimental folk group’s gigs are astonishing spectacles – think Viking funeral mixed with a battle from The Lord of the Rings – and their ultimate goal is to whisk the listener off to an ancient ...