Introduction : becoming art -- The search for Origins : Mesopotamia and the cradle of civilization -- Uruk : the arts of civilization -- Early Dynastic Sumer : images for people, temples for gods -- ...

Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, one of the cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of the first writing system. In the fertile valley between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates the earliest cities ...

German archaeologists working in Iraq have made a partial map of the ancient site of Uruk and discovered that some of its features are just as described in a famous Sumerian epic poem -- "The Song of ...

NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- Just when much of the world is mourning the wartime looting of precious art from Iraqi museums, the Metropolitan Museum has opened an exhibition of more than 400 rare and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and when ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series ...

In 2022, archeologists unearthed what appeared to be the oldest intact reed boat. It was found buried in a sediment-filled former channel of the Euphrates River, near the ancient city of Uruk, in the ...

The need to preserve ancient works of art gained added importance in light of their wholesale destruction by Islamic State. Artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia are on display at Los Angeles’ Getty ...

Over 5,000 years ago, in the scorching heart of ancient Mesopotamia, the city of Uruk rose to become the largest and most advanced settlement in the world. Home to nearly 80,000 people, it boasted ...

Sumeria cuts right through the heart of modern-day Iraq, as far south as the Persian Gulf, where it connects to the Indian Ocean. It was one of the first regions where mankind's new itch to control ...