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

Sumerian cities were known for their complex ... These were drawn by surveying scribes of the administration and are among the earliest known in the world.” The finds will go to the Iraqi ...

Sumerian cities were known for their complex bureaucracy ... These were drawn by surveying scribes of the administration and are among the earliest known in the world.” The finds will go to the Iraqi ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... (of the world): Lugal-ushumgal, the scribe, governor, your servant.” ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found ...

“We can also note that literacy was more common in that era, and thus his reign was most likely documented by scribes who witnessed ... were not all expelled to Mesopotamia in the 7th century ...

"We can also note that literacy was more common in that era, and thus his reign was most likely documented by scribes who witnessed ... were not all expelled to Mesopotamia in the 7th century ...