New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...
New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...
New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...
A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...
Catalog of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from March 18-July 27, 2020. Translated and adapted from L'histoire commence en Mésopotamie, which was published ...
Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...
The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...
“Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins” features artworks on loan from Musée du Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and Musée Auguste Grasset – Varzy. (Getty Museum) (The ...
Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old building that might have been used as a "cultic space" ...