Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are considered the world's oldest civilisation, dating back to around 4000 BCE. The Sumerians were the first to establish cities, write a language, and create art.

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought.

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform ... have heard of King Hammurabi, who erected ...

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery of thousands of cuneiform tablets at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu in southern Iraq, at a location known as Tablet Hill, stated Archaeology ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan ... and it’s specifically the organization of Kurd Qaburstan,” Earley-Spadoni says. “You may have heard ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle ... “You may have heard of King Hammurabi, who erected the famous law code. So, this is about that same time almost 4,000 years ...

However, new discoveries - including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing ... "You may have heard of King Hammurabi, who erected the famous law code. So, this is about that same time ...

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In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, although murder was not one of them. The first death sentence ...