Historians have decoded inscriptions on an ancient tablet that is believed to be the oldest surviving map of the world. Reading the Babylonian relic, which includes a circular map accompanied by text ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...

Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

Dr Jaafar al Jotheri holds satellite images and explores the site of the Battle of al-Qadisiyah, which was fought in Mesopotamia - present-day Iraq - in the 630s AD between ... Qadisiyah stumbled ...

U.S. spy satellite imagery has led archeologists to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that was decisive in the spread of Islam in the region.

MESOPOTAMIA — The 100-year-old Mesopotamia Elementary School has a new $1.85 million addition that will provide a multipurpose room for various school events. A dedication was held recently for ...

On ancient cylinders, 6000 years old ... purposes from the late seventh millennium BCE and onward in Northern Mesopotamia. “Shared seal imagery” furthermore maintained regional connections ...

Archaeologists were shocked to unearth an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor. Egyptian authorities said teams from Egypt and the United States discovered the tomb in ...

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