The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

Mesopotamia, with its dense network of ancient ... Excavations in the palace revealed monumental architecture, human remains and evidence of destruction, suggesting a significant historical ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.