Iraq's Embassy in Ankara has officially received 6 ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets from Turkey in a ceremony, part of ...

This is Mesopotamia, often called the “Birthplace of Civilization.” Thousands of years ago, in what is now modern-day Iraq, some of the earliest human societies began to flourish here.

Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society ...

Babylon, the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, existed from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C.

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian ...

The author, a historian brings to life the world of ancient Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, tracing their rise from a loose federation to a monarchy to the rise of ancient Sumerian civilization, ...

As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia, the region that gave birth to the world’s first urban civilization some 5,000 ...

Mesopotamian civilizations used to view lunar eclipses as warnings for oncoming evil. “A king will die.” Not the exact thing you want to read on an ancient tablet if you happen to be any sort ...

Mesopotamian Civilization. Mesopotamia, often known as the cradle of civilization, emerged around 3500 BCE along the fertile strip between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in what is now Iraq.

In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE. Developed by the Sumerians and written on clay tablets, ...

"One of the most important ancient sites of the Mesopotamian civilization," according to Kassim, Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of "the art and architecture of the Assyrian civilization." ...