India, a land steeped in antiquity, has witnessed the rise and fall of numerous cities that once bustled with life, wealth, ...

After decades of inaccessibility due to unrest and wars, teams of archaeologists from around the globe return to the greatest sites in Mesopotamia in a bid to save what can still be saved.

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

Explore these vast roadways stretching across the world's continents, connecting towns and cities with plains, mountains, and ...

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 the 4th ...

Their main trade partner was Mesopotamia, which was an advanced civilisation in the Middle East. Around the time the Indus cities started to fail, Mesopotamia was going through huge political ...

The teenagers’ skeletons were unearthed at the cemetery of Basur Höyük where researchers previously uncovered evidence of ...

Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire.

The exhibition focuses attention on the distinctive style and far-reaching influence of the art created by the Sumerians of lower Mesopotamia, a people who founded the first cities, invented ...

At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, the world ...