The most advanced way that we communicate, through the written word, is something that animals simply can’t do at all. This ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets ...

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are considered the world's oldest civilisation, dating back to around 4000 BCE. The Sumerians ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a ...

An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

Codebreakers could win an £800,000 prize if they successfully translate a 5,000-year-old language previously undeciphered.

Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss Uruk, the first city in the whole of world history and the mother of modern urbanisation ...