Here's where ancient accounting technology gets truly sophisticated. Cylinder seals, dating back to 4,400 BC, functioned as ...

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...

Everyone has their favorite recipe passed down from earlier generations, but the oldest cookbook in the world actually goes ...

New research has revealed that the first kiss in recorded history took place at least 4,500 years ago in Mesopotamian ...

The ancient clay tablet from 2400 BCE was found in an ancient Mesopotamian city and revealed an unknown Sumerian mythology in ...

Ancient city ruins were discovered beneath Lake Van in Turkey near Mount Ararat, which is largely considered the "final ...

A scholar has recently discovered a previously unknown Sumerian myth inscribed on a long-overlooked 4,400-year-old tablet.

Long before Olympus, Asgard, or Eden, the gods of Mesopotamia and Egypt were carved into stone and etched into clay. While older myths may have echoed through oral tradition, these were the first to ...

Whether or not you actually want to admit to your fondness for great goss? Well, that is another question entirely. Many of ...

A fresh translation of a fragmentary Sumerian tablet has revealed one of the world's oldest surviving narratives featuring a cunning fox as an unlikely hero.

Researchers believe megastructures beneath a vast lake could rewrite the timeline of the Noah's Ark story, potentially reshaping biblical history.

Learn more about the new language researchers uncovered at the Boğazköy-Hattusha site, indicating the city’s residents loved ...