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.

While we may not have much information about some ancient civilizations, one thing food historians agree on is that the ...

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 ...

Polish officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual alien-like clay head, which dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia. Pottery was also found at the site.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...