Mesopotamia, with its dense network of ancient cities in the fertile plains ... and other administrative artifacts in the lower town palace further supports this identification since the site ...

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian ... or decontextualized artifacts previously made for ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...

Once part of ancient Mesopotamia, Başur Höyük is dated to between 3100 and 2800 B.C. Several stone tombs were discovered ...

As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia ... and cultural network that linked the ancient cities of Ur in southern Iraq ...

Archaeology often describes the rise of power and hierarchy in early Mesopotamia as a move from ... The team applied ancient DNA sequencing, strontium and lead isotope analysis, and forensic ...