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Who were the Sumerians really?
The Sumerians are often called the creators of the world’s first civilization. But where did they come from—and why does ...
The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...
About 4,500 years ago, an image of the Sumerian storm god Ningirsu was engraved on a silver vessel now on view in the Getty Villa Museum exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” ...
A new interdisciplinary study shows that the rise of the first urban civilization was not solely a product of human ingenuity, but a complex response to coastal dynamics and the predictable rhythms of ...
A piece of pottery found at the site of the 5,000-year old tavern.Asaad Niazi/AFP/Getty Images Archaeologists found the remains of a 5,000-year-old tavern in Iraq, CBS News reported. The site is known ...
On the bitter plains of modern Iraq there remain large piles of baked bricks covered with much sand. They have sat there in silent witness to a lost religion for 4,000 years. Only in the 19th century ...
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