Domes, usually linked to Islamic architecture, actually predate Islam. The first such structure was established in ...

Sumerians developed what is the oldest known example of written language, as well as art, and especially architecture that has survived into the 21st century (with the help of some excavation).

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought. Mudbrick architecture in the ...

On journeys near her home she was inspired by the incredible shapes of the ancient Sumerian architecture. She then moved to London in 1972 to become an architect, someone who designs buildings.