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

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.

Buried beneath the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico lies a discovery that breaks the historical timeline wide open — a 12,500-year-old ochre mine carved into limestone by organized hands. These weren’t ...

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

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

The tablets were found within a thick layer of ash from an ancient fire, suggesting they survived a catastrophic event that destroyed part of the city. According to the announcement, the inscribed ...

The incident comes weeks after another incident that shook the archaeological community: the disappearance of a gold bracelet from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir that dates back to the era of the Third ...