Sumer was humanity's first great civilization. Even in today’s society you can still find traces of Sumerian inventions in agriculture, language, mathematics, religion and astronomy. The ancient ...

Did the first civilization arise in Mesopotamia, or elsewhere? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But evidence uncovered in the past ...

THE great and inventive people who settled 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (now part of Iraq), founded one of the world’s first major civilizations.

Recent claims by Iraqi transportation minister that ancient Sumerians owned an airport to “launch spaceships 7000 years ago” have been found to be inaccurate, Alarabiya.net reported. Minister Kazem ...

This article contains spoilers for Dandadan's manga. Dandadan has an impressive cast of characters, yet, even in such a massive roster, none ever feel neglected. One of the best additions to the main ...

A few months ago someone asked me (via email) which populations I would love to get typed (genetically that is). There is one population which did not come to mind at the time: the Sumerians. Why?

The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...

Although many of the more than 4,000 years old cuneiform texts contain records of deliveries of emmer, barley and malt to breweries, as well as documentation of the activities, there is hardly any ...

The game focuses on the dawn of cities in Mesopotamia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Here's a city builder for you, but like, ...