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

Two big new strategy games from Paradox and Sega cap a week of PC releases featuring Lovecraftian horror, rhythm-matching ...

The oldest religious text in the world date back thousands of years, though many religions were initially passed on through spoken word. These religious texts are some of the oldest in human history.

A monumental 5,000-year-old cultic space unearthed in Iraq may redefine how archaeologists understand the earliest urban societies and their spiritual foundations.

AI breathes life into a 3,000-year-old Babylonian text, reconnecting the modern world with the forgotten voice of an ancient civilization.

General Townshend, commander of the British Mesopotamian forces, was the messenger who bore the Turkish request for an armistice to the allies.

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.

Cosmos Theatre Arts presents Inanna’s Descent into the Underworld, running Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 30 through Nov. 1 ...

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

This gilt-copper nose ornament, discovered at the archaeological site of Loma Negra in northern Peru, depicts the important ...