Recently, historian Dr. Esmé James shared what's essentially a 4,000-year-old text message from a teenager to his mother.

Those numbers were matched, or close, in every ancient civilization we know of, from Mesopotamia to Egypt ... Weeks-Shackelford, Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, pp. 45–59.

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

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, ...

Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.

History’s first city, at least according to the ancient text known as the Sumerian King List found on a clay tablet, was also ...

An ancient book about Roman emperors has become a modern bestseller, captivating readers with its timeless stories of power ...