Many millennia ago, the tides turned for ancient Sumerians who built the first civilization - literally. Rising in southern Mesopotamia around 6,000 years ago, Sumer bridged a network of city-states ...
Euphrates River origin: Contrary to popular belief, the mighty Euphrates River wasn't always a single entity. New research ...
The famous waterway began as two rivers, a new study suggests. Tectonic activity around five million years ago probably made ...
The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...