When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Long before Mesopotamia, long before Egypt — someone was already mining in total darkness, chasing knowledge and pigment like it was gold. This wasn’t survival. This was civilization Idaho turned down ...

Research shows that ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer, the world’s first civilization. Shifting deltas and tidal rhythms ...