It’s unclear whether northern Mesopotamian cities from around 6,000 years ago, which were not located in marshes, contained separate city sectors (SN: 2/5/08).

Archaeologists have discovered a vast network of ancient irrigation canals near Eridu in Iraq, regarded as the world’s oldest ...

Contrary to the assumption that ancient cities always grew outwards from a central point, the urban site of Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria appears to have emerged as several nearby settlements ...

Near the present-day city of Basra in Iraq, and about 12 kilometers southwest of the site of ancient Ur, is the site of Eridu (Eridug in Sumerian), the southernmost of all the great Mesopotamian ...

Archaeologists working at a long-buried city in northern Iraq have unearthed clues that could rewrite part of Mesopotamia’s hidden story. The site, Kurd Qaburstan, sits in the Erbil region and ...

Ancient Lost City of Mountain People Unearthed at Gates of Mesopotamia's First Empire Published Mar 26, 2019 at 1:27 PM EDT Updated Mar 28, 2019 at 12:51 PM EDT File photo: Ancient cuneiform ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, ... Excavations at Kurd Qaburstan uncover clues to ancient Mesopotamian city of Qabra ...