Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

"Cyprus kept its old Bronze Age system [of writing] for well over a thousand years ... which may have influenced Mesopotamian ...

The finding reinforces an idea proposed in earlier research: that cuneiform script — which was developed in early Mesopotamia around 3100 B.C. and is thought to be the earliest writing system ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... a standard metric system, the Akkad-gur, used across the empire to measure ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

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

The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards ...

It is mentioned in the Bible as Erech, and scholars consider it the place where writing ... complicated system, which remained the official form of written communication in Mesopotamia for nearly ...

Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional practices from the region, some dating back to ancient Mesopotamia ... writing in the fourth century B.C. The system of humors ...