There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

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Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

The researchers’ work is published this week in the journal Science. “In ancient Mesopotamia, which is the name for the early human cultures that existed between the Euphrates and Tigris ...

the development of ancient Mesopotamia. In the territories anchored by the fertile land between the flood-prone Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the West’s earliest empires rose — states such as ...

Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago. Recent research has hypothesised that the earliest ...

The discoveries shed new light on life in ancient Mesopotamia. Examples of the cuneiform tablets found, and an aerial view of Fayadia District, Iraq. Photo: Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and ...

New research into Ancient Mesopotamia suggests people kissed romantically 4,500 years ago. The finding would mean humans began kissing 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. The article ...

The results of the research were published in the iScience journal on 4 December. "Even in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a rough understanding of anatomy, for example the importance of the heart ...

A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a ...