A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world. Carved onto a clay tablet around the 5th century BCE, it was uncovered in ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in an ...

A 200-year-long drought 4,200 years ago may have killed off the ancient Sumerian language, one geologist says. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SAN FRANCISCO — A 200-year-long drought 4,200 years ago may have killed off the ancient ...

The ancient Sumerians, who lived in southern Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, invented writing about 3,300 B.C., using a complicated cuneiform writing system on clay tablets.