A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and ...

which covers much of what is now Iraq. Ancient Mesopotamia has languished in obscurity, at least compared with the better-known Greek, Roman and Egyptian civilisations. So… Receive a weekly dose ...

Mesopotamia was a historical region that included parts of modern-day Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Kuwait. "Mesopotamia" is ...

A provocative new theory suggests that the original Garden of Eden may not have been in Mesopotamia, roughly modern-day Iraq ... believed that Eden was located in Iraq, where the Tigris and ...

The discoveries came to light during excavations in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, located in what is now northern ... Mesopotamia—a historic region centered on modern-day Iraq.

Mesopotamia ... Nabonidus, is now known to modern historians as “the archaeologist king.” A learned man, he restored the region’s ancient architectural and cultural traditions, especially ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia ... modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time. The ancient ...

Considered the “world’s oldest complaint letter,” it was found in the house of the allegedly unreliable metal merchant, Ea-nāṣir, in what is now southern Iraq. About 3,770 years ago ...

The ancient city of Babylon was located in what’s now Iraq, roughly 55 miles (88.5 kilometers ... and ensured they worked for part of the day as a good omen for the coming year, Moss said.