Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

A new study links the ancient Arabian god Kahl to the Greek hero Hercules, revealing shared warrior imagery and cultural ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It ...

For the first time ever, a team of researchers has found chemical evidence that wine was actually drunk in Troy, verifying a ...

The research identified parallels between Kahl’s iconography and smiting gods from the broader region. “Smiting deities are found across the Aegean, Anatolia, the Near East, Mesopotamia and Egypt—it ...

The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy.

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...

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 ...

Sébastien Rey, curator at the British Museum, described the tablets as “spreadsheets of empire.” ...

Ancient Egypt is famous for its pyramids, hieroglyphics, and mysterious artifacts, but its gods and goddesses are equally fascinating. Studying these figures helps us better understand the ...