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

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

A recent UN report refers to “reproductive violence”; Israel targeting women, their existential and institutional means of ...

In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for millennia. Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems ...

“They record all aspects of Sumerian life, and above all they name real people, their names, their jobs,” he said. “The new tablets and sealings provide tangible evidence of a Sumerian city ...

Classic board games go digital in this episode of Tech Byte! Learn how technology is taking tabletop gaming to the next level ...