The Sumerians are often credited with building the world’s first civilization—but where did they come from, and how did their ...

March 1, 2024 Press Release from Harvest Moon Media: Cleveland, OH – March 1, 2024 – Dr. Heather Lynn, a historian, cognitive archaeologist, and internationally published bestselling author originally ...

The Ur World Museum in Dhi Qar is over 90% complete. Featuring 28 halls and 10,000 artifacts, it is set to open in early 2026 ...

Rising from the plains of southern Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Ur was built around 2050 BCE as a sacred link between heaven and earth. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, it stood at the heart of one of ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and experts from leading universities and research institutions across China to ...

More than five thousand years ago, in the fertile lowlands of southern Mesopotamia, the world’s first cities began to rise from the mud. Historians have long credited this explosion of ...

A new study suggests that the origins of Sumerian civilization were shaped not just by ingenuity but by the natural rhythms of rivers and tides at the head of the Persian Gulf. Credit: Shutterstock ...