As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia, the region that gave birth to the world’s first urban civilization some 5,000 ...

So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be focusing on Sumerian Art (4000-2000 B.C.) and the other blog post will focus on Babylonian art.

The idea of Mesopotamia has intoxicated the West for centuries. Alastair Sooke takes a look at a civilisation where much of modern culture took form. “Everybody has heard of the Hanging Gardens ...

Riches from the royal tombs of Ur dating back more than 4,000 years are now on display at a museum in New York. The exhibit shows how highly developed Sumerian culture was. Organizers attribute ...

Organized for the third time by the Mesopotamia Culture Center, the festival will continue with events such as panel, concert, theater and film screenings until October 29. Organized for the third ...

Damerow suggests there’s reason to doubt whether these brews even proved to be much of an intoxicant 4,000 years ago: “Given our limited knowledge about the Sumerian brewing processes, we ...

TO-DAY everyone in the least interested in archæology has heard of the Sumerian culture of Mesopotamia and the cuneiform system of writing that was developed there. Not everyone realizes that ...

Türkİye, Culture Master of extinct languages: Veysel Donbaz Turkish assyriologist has been shedding light to extinct Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian languages for over 56 years ...