Clay tablets at Kurd Qaburstan reveal ancient Mesopotamian culture Artefacts hint at urban life in the Middle Bronze Age city Findings challenge perceptions of ...

A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and around present-day Iraq. The study of these new tablets could reveal ...

The figurine dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia, which predated the Bronze Age. Archaeologists estimate that the artifact was crafted during the 6th millennium BCE, making it ...

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that ...

They appeared to him to have come from ancient Mesopotamia, and to have been produced ... which was built around 2100 B.C. by Gudea, king of Lagash, the city-state of which Girsu was the capital.