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 city. The discovery is an amazing window on how early agriculture ...

Artifacts suggest Kurd Qaburstan was a thriving city around 1800 BCE, coinciding with the reign of the Babylonian king Hammurabi (1792–1750 BCE).

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 ...

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 ...

A mosaic depicts a Mesopotamian ruler presiding over a banquet. The scene adorns the Standard of Ur, a box found in the early city of that name.

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 ...