“In spite of the land's natural drawbacks, they turned Sumer into a veritable Garden of Eden and developed what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man.”  ― Samuel Noah ...

The Anunnaki or “Those of Royal Blood” are considered as immortal gods who once inhabited our earth during the ancient Sumerian times. The word Anunnaki means as “those who Anu sent from heaven to ...

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace till the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! ...

Have you ever wondered to walk though the city of the dead? Well, now you have a chance - a 1,500-year-old gallery grave in the ancient city of Dara, located 30 km southeast of Mardin, was opened to ...

A Lamassu  is an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having a human's head, a body of an ox or a lion, and bird's wings. In some writings, it is portrayed to represent a female deity. ...

First we eat, then we do everything else. M.F.K. Fisher   Mostly, you know a place for its cuisine. When you travel through a place, all you remember is the famous landmarks to visit and the ...

The Sumerian civilisation is one of the oldest and the first advanced civilisation on Earth. Even the Greek and the Roman civilisations are relatively contemporary compared to them. The Sumerians ...

Medical prescription belonging to the Sumerians has been seized by the Police Department in Diyarbakır.  The cuneiform script used on ancient document is considered  to be one of the earliest ...

Amazing artifacts continue to recover from a variety of sites in Iraq.  This is where the flourishing Sumerian cities once belonged. Amidst the plethora of artifacts unfurled from the ground, is the ...

Are you interested in archeology? Do you aspire to know about the region of Mesopotamia? Well, there is a probability with regards to the same if you have heard about the Ubaid Period. The Ubaid ...

Iraq’s Transport Minister, Kazem Finjan, claims that the country’s new airport will be built on the site of ancient spaceship station which was constructed by extraterrestrial beings 7 000 years ago. ...