A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

On April 1st, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Syriacs in Iraq celebrate the "Akitu" festival, marking one of the oldest known ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

The Library of Congress traces the tradition of April Fools' pranks back to the Roman festival of Hilaria, celebrated the day ...

After the immense international success of "La Disparition de Josef Mengele", Olivier Guez returns with "Mesopotamia" – a novel about Gertrude Bell, a young lady from Victorian high society who became ...

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...

The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...