Excavations show Christians and Zoroastrians coexisted in 5th-century Mesopotamia, revealed through early architecture at ...

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of ...

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic ...

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

The Royal Tombs of Ur, discovered in the 1920s, contained some of the most elaborate burials in the ancient world. But who were these individuals—and what do their graves tell us about Sumerian ...

The water crisis in Tehran reflects not only this summer’s extreme heat but also several consecutive years of reduced ...

On May 2, 2003, shortly after the invasion of Iraq, London’s Metropolitan Police raided an antiquities dealer and seized eight artifacts they believed had been obtained through illicit channels. It’s ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

A list for history lovers, curious minds and anyone fascinated by lost empires, ancient power and the stories that still influence the world today., Books, Times Now ...

Türkiye’s ancient sites are not just relics of the past; they are a living bridge connecting humanity to its earliest understanding of the universe Eberhard Zangger, president of the Switzerland-based ...

More than five thousand years ago, in the fertile lowlands of southern Mesopotamia, the world’s first cities began to rise from the mud. Historians have long credited this explosion of ...

A new study suggests that the origins of Sumerian civilization were shaped not just by ingenuity but by the natural rhythms of rivers and tides at the head of the Persian Gulf. Credit: Shutterstock ...