This 5,000-year-old tablet is believed to hold the world's first signature — and it's on a receipt for beer. Experts believe ...

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

The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was signed by a brewer.

Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...

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Rey explained: “Sargon developed this new form of governance by conquering all the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia, creating what most historians call the first empire in the world.” The tablets even ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

The anime adaptation of Mokumokuren’s award-winning manga series, The Summer Hikaru Died, will be released on Netflix exclusively outside of Japan in 2025. Here’s everything we know so far about the ...

The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia, with their civilization emerging around 3000 BC, and became regarded as one of the cradles of human civilization. In the following more than ...

Finally, these finds demonstrate how the Akkadians managed a Sumerian city ... again bring to light the achievements of the people of Mesopotamia thousands of years ago, achievements that time ...

“Sargon developed this new form of governance by conquering all the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia, creating what most historians call the first empire in the world,” Girsu Project Director ...