The Sumerians are often called the creators of the world’s first civilization. But where did they come from—and why does their origin remain unclear? In this video, we explore ancient texts, ...

To reopen Wednesday after a yearlong closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Getty Villa has at last unveiled “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” The show, originally scheduled to open in March 2020 ...

Mesopotamia, the land between rivers, birthed the world's oldest civilization around 3500 BCE. The innovative Sumerians ...

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...

Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago. High ...

A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-Day Iraq Fernando Baez, , trans. from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam. . Atlas, $25 (354pp) ISBN 978-1-934633-01-4 ...

Thousands of years before modern religion, the people of Sumer worshipped a powerful deity they called the "Mother of All Kings." Ninhursag was the architect of life itself, a goddess of fertility ...