After the immense international success of "La Disparition de Josef Mengele", Olivier Guez returns with "Mesopotamia" – a novel about Gertrude Bell, a young lady from Victorian high society who became ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio (WKBN) – An event drawing thousands of visitors to northwestern Trumbull County kicks off Friday. The 51st annual Mesopotamia Ox Roast begins at 10 a.m. Friday. It features ...

Sixth grade project using Ancient Mesopotamia social studies curriculum and Microsoft Word. In pairs, the students create an ABC book. One student does A-M the other student does N-Z. They brainstorm ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

At first, like most students of the ancient near east, he wanted to work on Mesopotamia. The 2003 invasion of Iraq put paid to that. At Cleuziou’s suggestion he turned instead to Iran and contacted ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...

The archaeological cities of Uruk and Ur and the Tell Eridu archaeological site form part of the remains of the Sumerian cities and settlements that developed in southern Mesopotamia between the 4th ...

Step back in time at End of the Commons, Ohio’s oldest general store, where history, nostalgia and family-friendly fun make ...