‘The Mesopotamian Riddle’ Review: The Buried Voice of an Empire
The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Why Were These Teenagers Chosen as Human Sacrifices at an Ancient Mesopotamian Cemetery?
Researchers previously assumed that some of the graves at the site were royal burials. A new study presents a different ...
Sacrificed teens discovered in ancient Mesopotamian burial site
A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some ...
A Bronze Age Mystery: A Cemetery Full of 'Princes', But No Palaces Nearby
Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...
The Art Newspaper17d
Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed
A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy.
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Vast network of canals found underneath world’s first city
Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...