Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations ...

A recent study is changing the understanding of how urbanization developed in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the analysis, the emergence of the Sumerian civilization was not only the result of ...

The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...

On the bitter plains of modern Iraq there remain large piles of baked bricks covered with much sand. They have sat there in silent witness to a lost religion for 4,000 years. Only in the 19th century ...

A new interdisciplinary study shows that the rise of the first urban civilization was not solely a product of human ingenuity, but a complex response to coastal dynamics and the predictable rhythms of ...

Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.

An ancient civilization that ruled Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago was likely wiped out because of disastrous dust storms, a new study suggests. The Akkadian Empire, which ruled what is now Iraq ...

Long before modern hospitals, ancient civilizations were already practicing surgery, pain management, and even basic infection control. This video explores forgotten techniques used by the Sumerians — ...

Today, trans people face politicization of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society.