CHICAGO — Writing, wheeled carts, the 60-minute hour, sailboats and seed plows are among the things a people called the Sumerians invented in the fabled Fertile Crescent about 5,000 years ago. They ...

It’s not a language. It’s not an alphabet, either, exactly. But if you want to read the original Epic of Gilgamesh, or study the trade records of the ancient Sumerians, cuneiform is the only game in ...

Cuneiform cookies? Yes, they are a thing. Though it has been centuries since Akkadian was spoken, cuneiform writing has had an unexpected burst of popularity as a cookie decoration. The idea started ...

Scholars at Tel Aviv University and Ariel University, in Israel, have used artificial intelligence to translate fragments of ancient cuneiform texts on stone tablets into English with what they say is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. IN OUR end is our beginning. As visitors leave The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia they pass a video message from Sarah Collins, curator ...

Miguel Civil, a scholar and researcher at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute, was a leading expert on the Sumerian language, the earliest known written language. “No one has known Sumerian ...

Mesopotamian civilization, which is the oldest civilization in the world and one of the four major civilizations in the world, is said to have prospered in a part of Iraq today. The British Museum ...

The fermented cereal beverage enjoyed by Sumerians, so-called Sumerian beer, may have been alcohol-free, suggests a recent review of ancient Sumerian practices. While ancient writings and vessel ...

The fermented cereal beverage enjoyed by Sumerians, so-called Sumerian beer, may have been alcohol-free, suggests a recent review of ancient Sumerian practices. While ancient writings and vessel ...