We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nestled between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in what is modern-day Iraq, a sophisticated early civilization called Sumer sprang up ...

The origins of ancient art can be traced back to our ... we encounter the monumental achievements of civilizations like ...

The exhibition focuses attention on the distinctive style and far-reaching influence of the art created by the Sumerians of lower Mesopotamia, a people who founded the first cities, invented ...