Learn how the first civilization in Mesopotamia depended on tides and how it responded when faced with a major environmental ...

The emergence of large, organized armies marks one of the most significant shifts in the history of warfare, especially in ...

Tides, rivers, and shifting coasts shaped Sumer, the world’s first urban society - offering lessons for today’s climate ...

Archaeologists have made a startling discovery in Iraq with a potential to rewrite the known human history.Experts have found ...

Epic exploration Scholarly and public fascination with the ancient culture of Mesopotamia had been steadily growing since the latter part of the 19th century. It was in December 1872 that an ...

Mesopotamia Show at the Getty Teaches History, with Style Wall Panel with a Striding Lion, neo-Babylonian period 605–562 B.C. Glazed brick.

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities.