WHY IRAQ? WHY NOW? Long overlooked and often misunderstood, Iraq is re-emerging as a destination of profound cultural and historical significance. Known as the heart of ancient Mesopotamia - where ...

Archaeological study at Tell Abraq uncovers long-distance trade links and foreign influence from Mesopotamia, Iran, and ...

The world’s first known lock-and-key system, dating back to 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, shows how ancient people protected their ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Serdar Yalçin, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) The earliest form of the ...

The idea of Mesopotamia has intoxicated the West for centuries. Alastair Sooke takes a look at a civilisation where much of modern culture took form. “Everybody has heard of the Hanging Gardens of ...

An aerial view of the Zanj irrigation system in Basra taken during the fieldwork. Credit: Durham University An international team of archaeologists has, for the first time, accurately dated an ...

We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age ...

The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a woman who lived in the 23rd century BCE in ancient Mesopotamia (approximately 2285-2250 BCE). Enheduanna is a remarkable figure: ...

Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to ...

It hath been my Practice at this time of the Year to make my Predictions for the Year lying ahead, calculated with the Aid of Astrolabes, Compasses, and Sir I. Newton, his Opticks, to say nothing of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris ...