In ancient times, Mesopotamia, meaning 'land between two rivers', was a vast region that lay between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, and it is where civilization emerged over 7,000 years ago.

By Buthayna El Haggar Astronomy and astrology were deeply intertwined in ancient civilizations, ... In Mesopotamia (c. 3500 BCE – 539 BCE), ...

Ancient Mesopotamia was no exception. In fact, astronomy and astrology were important disciplines in this region from early on. In the age before light pollution, the vivid night sky made such a ...

Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

And that led to the refinement of mathematical astronomy during the last centuries before Christ in Mesopotamia. DETROW: Something to be said for paying attention for a long period of time and ...

In ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq), eclipses were in fact regarded as omens, as signs of things to come. For an eclipse to take place, three celestial bodies must find themselves in a ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...