The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...

While civilization dates back tens of thousands of years, these are some of the earliest known (and confirmed) rulers.

The programme also covers Mesopotamian history, archaeology and civilisation from around 4,000 BC up to the Greek conquest. A Bachelor of Arts with at least 60 credits in the given discipline, or an ...

The civilisation weakened when city rulers began fighting with each other. Flooding meant that crops weren't growing as well. Cities began to struggle. In the end, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites ...

The storm god Iškur is trapped in the netherworld. Without him in the sky, the rivers will dry up—the grasses, cows and people will die. A lone Fox volunteers to traverse worlds to rescue him, armed ...

The realm of artificial intelligence (AI) has been making considerable strides in the field of language translation, ...

William W. Hallo, the William M. Laffan Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature, died on March 27 at the age of 87. William W. Hallo Hallo spent his career studying, teaching, and ...

If asked to list the most important civilisations of the ancient world, many people of the west would mention Greece, Rome and Egypt. After that, if pressed, some might hazard a guess at Mesopotamia, ...

Ancient warnings from texts like the Sumerian King List and Hopi prophecies reveal cyclical disaster patterns that could help you prepare for future global catastrophes.

A little-known Mesopotamian poet and priestess, Enheduanna, is the subject of a new exhibition in New York. Diane Cole explores her influence – and looks at how she helped create a common system of ...