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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

From the malevolent spirits of Mesopotamian texts to the fallen angels ... But how did these beings evolve from ancient gods and chaotic spirits into the terrifying figures of modern horror ...

Mesopotamia, she shows ... a land of capricious gods, exorcisms and professional lamenters, whose citizens wrote of jealous rivalries, profound friendships and petty grievances.