Ancient Mesopotamian bowls found in northern Iraq offer new insights into the collapse of one of the world’s first ...

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Four LMU researchers have each been awarded a Consolidator Grant. Their projects deal with the statistics of social inequality, the cuneiform culture of Mesopotamia, the detailed investigation of ...

Sports are a key part of human culture. They have evolved with societies, mirroring values, economies, and technologies. Over ...

During recent excavations at Bahra 1 in Kuwait, archaeologists found a rare figurine, pottery evidence, and insights into the ...

At the Bahra 1 site in northern Kuwait, Polish archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old clay figurine and confirmed ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

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

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... paid for by those who can afford it. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing ...

A new study by Dr. Linda Evans and her colleagues from Macquarie University, Australia, published in the Journal of Egyptian ...

It’s important to use the right words when writing about writing. Scholars studying the history of it distinguish between pre-writing symbols used to mark objects and more precise marks that establish ...