More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

Best-selling author Joshua Hammer joins John Williams to discuss his new book, “The Mesopotamian Riddle.” Joshua talks about ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

A group of archaeologists has successfully deciphered a4,000-year-old collection of cuneiform tablets that reveal ominous ...

All societies have had ways of understanding nature based on their experiences of it. For example, farmers need to understand the seasons and weather to know when to plant and harvest their crops.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign computer science professor Dr. Sheldon Jacobson joins John Williams to break down the ways that listeners can have minimal risk when selecting their ...

A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia after millennia of silence.

At the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the artist explores the unique qualities of ASL through drawing, video and ...

The study provided a clear picture of the well-planned ancient irrigation system that once flourished in the region.

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...