New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets ...

While the drive-thru window might seem like a pretty modern culinary invention, its roots may actually reach back much, much further than you'd expect.

Polish officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual alien-like clay head, which dates back to the Ubaid period of ...

Hammurabi began his 42-year reign as “king” of Babylon (located in present-day Iraq), in 1792 BC. What most history books fail to mention is that, like other governors of the City-State of Mesopotamia ...

Recent excavations at the Shakhi Kora settlement in Iraqi Kurdistan shed new light on the origins and rejection of early centralized governance in ancient Mesopotamia. The research results ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform ...

MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio (WKBN) – An event drawing thousands of visitors to northwestern Trumbull County kicks off Friday. The 51st annual Mesopotamia Ox Roast begins at 10 a.m. Friday. It features ...

During the Middle Bronze Age, Levant was squeezed between Egypt and Mesopotamian political centres. In the neighbourhood of Levant, the earliest Greek fortifications attested are those at Late Bronze ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

Why did this happen? Trade was very important for the Indus civilisation. Their main trade partner was Mesopotamia, which was an advanced civilisation in the Middle East. Around the time the Indus ...