Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Peruvian archaeologists unearthed an exceptional tomb at the archaeological site of Áspero, revealing the remains of an elite ...

Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have belonged to the upper ...

There was a silver and gold coinage used to pay armies in Asia Minor by the elites of Lydia and Ionia. How did the Sumerians civilization make money? Metals such as gold, silver, and other metals were ...

Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, became the cradle of civilization due to its fertile land and the development of irrigation, which supported the growth of city-states like Ur ...

Sumerians: Polytheistic beliefs were central to Sumerian culture, with numerous deities representing natural forces. Their religion involved elaborate rituals conducted by priests within grand ...

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 ...

Chinese and Sumerian civilizations - though unlike these, researchers say it developed in complete isolation. Aspero, the area in the Caral site where the tomb was found, was formerly used as a ...