By examining different materials buried along with the watercraft, experts could determine the age of the boat.

Explore Mesopotamia, a civilization that flourished for more than 3,000 years. Mesopotamians built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature, and law; and united vast ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, is often called the cradle of civilization ... The tablets are still being translated. But even early results give researchers ...

This country, which is known as the Cradle of Civilisation, is not Greece or Rome, not even Egypt - but Iraq. Originally known as Mesopotamia, the land was profoundly fertile thanks to the great ...

McCarron’s new book, The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilization, is the sobering yet ... The lifeblood of ancient Mesopotamia and modern Iraq is dying. The combination of ...

The archaeological cities of Uruk and Ur and the Tell Eridu archaeological site form part of the remains of the Sumerian cities and settlements that developed in southern Mesopotamia between ... core ...