However, proto-cuneiform is only found in southern Iraq ... As one of the first cities to rise in Mesopotamia, Uruk became a hub in the fourth millennium BCE. Its broad area of influence extended ...

New findings at Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets and monumental ruins, reveal insights into Middle Bronze Age life and ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...

Sixth grade project using Ancient Mesopotamia social studies curriculum and Microsoft ... They brainstorm and write a short paragraph on each letter (Ex: Cuneiform: cuneiform was an early form or ...

The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets from the Middle Bronze Age to be found in the region, according to a Jan. 14 ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian ...

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are considered the world's oldest civilisation, dating back to around 4000 BCE. The Sumerians ...

Born in 1840 to a modest London family, George Smith not only became an expert in the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia, but also made a discovery that turned contemporary notions about ...

A recent analysis of beads discovered in the ancient city of Hama, Syria, has revealed that some were crafted from Baltic ...

building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide new details about Mesopotamian life. The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets ...