This royal headgear was one of the artifacts found in the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, and the decorations identified ...

The ancient Sumerians invented writing, the wheel, arithmetic, irrigation and beer, and they worshipped a number of gods and goddesses.

Ancient DNA research, published in the journal Nature, has revealed a direct genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced the whole genome from a ...

The ancient Sumerians, who lived in southern Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, invented writing about 3,300 B.C., using a complicated cuneiform writing system on clay tablets.

They don’t make any beers an ancient Sumerian would recognize, though they do brew some very tasty IPAs and other modern beers. Contact Jay R. Brooks at [email protected].