Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.

Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations flourished thousands of years before modern history was even recorded. The layers ...

Catalog of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from March 18-July 27, 2020. Translated and adapted from L'histoire commence en Mésopotamie, which was published ...

The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sid Meier's Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization Map Pack - Mesopotamia This is the traditional Western and Middle Eastern “Cradle of Civilization." It ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Is your knowledge of the ancient Near East as solid as a cuneiform tablet, or will this "cradle ...

Introduction : becoming art -- The search for Origins : Mesopotamia and the cradle of civilization -- Uruk : the arts of civilization -- Early Dynastic Sumer : images for people, temples for gods -- ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...

Indeed, much of what humanity categorizes as “recorded history” spans little more than the last five thousand years. In the ...