Sumeria stands as one of the most significant and foundational civilizations in human history. Located in the fertile region of Mesopotamia, this ancient civilization is widely regarded as the ...

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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History Moudhy Al-Rashid. Norton, $31.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-324-03642-5 ...

A 3,600-Year-Old Reed Boat Provides Clues to Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia By examining different materials buried along with the watercraft, experts could determine the age of the boat. By Paul ...

Astronomy Ireland founder David Moore has abandoned a tribunal hearing into claims of workplace rights breaches by a former manager at organisation who has accused him of “pocketing” money ...

Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

In Mesopotamia (c. 3500 BCE – 539 BCE), particularly in Babylon, astronomy was integral to their culture and daily life, often intertwined with astrology. The Babylonians were pioneers in documenting ...

THE traditional view that the knowledge of astronomy of the Greece of classical times had been derived from Egypt, a view to which the writings of the Greeks themselves lent support, has lost ...

The anthropomorphic clay head figurine found at Bahra 1 in Kuwait. The artifact is thought to be more than 7,000 years old. Adam Oleksiak/CAŚ UW ...

The SOFIA observatory, short for Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, operated from 2010 to 2022 as a joint effort between NASA and DLR, the German Space Agency.

The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia — present-day Iraq and Iran — between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from about 4500 to 1750 B.C. Despite being an ancient civilization, their reign was marked by a ...