Berossus, a Babylonian priest writing during the Hellenistic period, preserved one of the most famous accounts of ...

A new study reveals ancient Sumerians credited gods (not humans) with inventing writing, challenging decades of scholarly ...

Archeology and decipherment -- History : heroes, kings, and ensi's -- Society : the Sumerian city -- Religion : theology, rite, and myth -- Literature : the Sumerian ...

Learn about the First Empire in the History of Mankind. Discover how the world's first-ever empire was established by Sargon ...

The oldest civilisation we know is the Sumerian - located in the far south of present-day Iraq. Around 6,000 years ago the Sumerians built the world's first city - Uruk - and, for good or ill, ...