This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

When did writing develop? The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about 3300 BC. In time different-looking writing appeared in the river valleys of Egypt ...

Contrary to long-held beliefs that the first cities emerged in Mesopotamia or Central Asia, new evidence suggests that these ancient urban centers may have actually originated in Ukraine.

The effects of such ethnocentric theories on race—about who is “civilized” and who is not—by Breasted and many other scholars of his era are still felt today. Mesopotamia, a region that includes all ...

Why did this happen? Trade was very important for the Indus civilisation. Their main trade partner was Mesopotamia, which was an advanced civilisation in the Middle East. Around the time the Indus ...

Sanders might be one of death metal's most ferocious and technical players but he tells us you're never too good to stop ...

Magnificent civilizations have scattered all around the Basin, from east to west, from north to south, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, from Anatolia, Troy to Macedonia, from the Greek city states to ...

Józef Wittlin, the poet and writer who translated the Mesopotamian epic into Polish in 1922 ... Taken from her famous 1988 tune Brzydcy (Ugly Ones), with lyrics by poet and painter Jan Wołek, it talks ...

The Gentile magi, who were Mesopotamian religious leaders, learn of the birth of the “King of the Jews” by observing a rising star, an unusual natural phenomenon. At Jesus’ death, the Gentile Roman ...