Among the most notable finds is a tiny, finely crafted anthropomorphic clay head featuring an elongated skull, slanting eyes ...

At the Bahra 1 site in northern Kuwait, Polish archaeologists have discovered a clay figurine that is 7,000 years old, ...

Focaccia has been a staple of Italian meals since at least ancient Rome, but new research indicates the flatbread’s origins ...

THE thesis which it is proposed to outline here embodies the following propositions: (1) Available evidence points to Mesopotamia as the oldest known centre of scientific observation permanently ...

Researchers found the trays reached a temperature high enough for baking and similar to temperatures reached using domed ...

At the Bahra 1 site in northern Kuwait, Polish archaeologists have discovered a clay figurine that is 7,000 years old and ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

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In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE. Developed by the Sumerians and written on clay tablets, the first cuneiform is largely ...

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 ...

Focaccia has been a staple of Italian meals since at least ancient Rome, but new research indicates the flatbread’s origins date as far back as the Neolithic Era. According to some archeologists ...