Explore the greatest and most influential empires in world history, spanning over 45 centuries of civilization. In this first ...

In ancient times, Mesopotamia, meaning 'land between two rivers', was a vast region that lay between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, and it is where civilization emerged over 7,000 years ago.

People have been getting drunk for millennia. Historical records show that alcohol was an integral part of many early civilizations, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to ancient Greece, China, and ...

The mysterious Harappan civilization is considered the third oldest in the ancient East after that of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Object Details editor Thomas, Ariane 1983- Potts, Timothy F. issuing body J. Paul Getty Museum Subject Plastik Musée du Louvre Département des antiquités orientales Notes Catalog of an exhibition ...

Los Angeles About 4,500 years ago, an image of the Sumerian storm god Ningirsu was engraved on a silver vessel now on view in the Getty Villa Museum exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” ...

Mesopotamia, which lies between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in what is now Iraq (the name comes from the Greek for “between rivers”), was one of the birthplaces of civilization.

Ninety years in the making, the 21-volume dictionary of the language of ancient Mesopotamia and its Babylonian and Assyrian dialects, unspoken for 2,000 years but preserved on clay tablets and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.

Or, at least, it has gone back to one beginning. Mesopotamia began to emerge in force around 3400 BC, but aboriginal civilization in Australia predates it by tens of thousands of years.

In ancient Mesopotamia, a solar eclipse was a cause for deep concern. Now, a solar eclipse is crossing the US ahead of an election and it’s hard not to feel at least a little of that ...