Woolley’s discoveries are important because they tell us about ancient Sumerian life. Eventually, city-state rulers began fighting with each other and flooding meant that crops weren't growing ...

A Sumerian palace discovered in Iraq dates back 4,500 years and helps to understand one of the first civilizations in human ...

Sumerian "Farmer's Almanac" The recent discovery of an inscribed clay tablet at the site of an ancient city near modern Baghdad has made possible the translation of a 3,500-year-old agricultural ...

A recently discovered palace in modern-day Iraq dates back 4,500 years and is said to contain the key to understanding the ...