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According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham, originally named Abram, was called by G-d to leave his birthplace, a Sumerian city known as Ur of the Chaldees (“Ur Kasdim” in the original Hebrew ...

such as Uruk and Ur, which became complex city-states with advanced infrastructure, including temples (ziggurats), walls, and marketplaces. The Sumerians created a base-60 number system ...

But only in this century have scholars come to know the Sumerians with any thoroughness, chipping away at the sites of such ancient city-states as Ur, Lagash and Mari. Last week a U.S. expedition ...

Bolstered by renowned texts and international trips, the Western Humanities sequence attracts many underclass students, while ...

Pyramids are arguably some of the most impressive structures left behind by our ancient ancestors. Not only is it hard … ...

The World: A Family History of Humanity. Alfred A. Knopf, 1304 pages, hardcover, bibliography available separately. The ...

Sumer Money, a DeFi liquidity infrastructure protocol, has surpassed $ million in Total Value Locked (TVL). This milestone demonstrates Sumer’s growth as a capital-efficient lending and ...

Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...