9 July 2026
Broken Ribs on 6,000-Year-Old Infant from Syria May Be Among Earliest Evidence of Child Abuse
A 6,000-year-old infant skeleton from Tell Brak in northeastern Syria may preserve one of the earliest…
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Mesopotamia
19 February 2026
How Sumerians in Mesopotamia Perfected Asphalt-Like Materials 4,000 Years Ago
More than 4,000 years ago, long before highways and petroleum refineries, Sumerian craftspeople in southern Mesopotamia…
12 January 2026
Unique Medieval Ivory Archer’s Ring Discovered at Hasankeyf
A rare and highly significant archaeological discovery has recently emerged from the ancient settlement of Hasankeyf,…
29 October 2025
Archaeologists Discover Monumental Uruk-Period Building in Kani Shaie, Northern Iraq
A research team from the University of Coimbra’s Center for Studies in Archaeology, Arts and Heritage…
27 September 2025
Graves Older Than Pyramids: 11,000-Year-Old Burials Discovered in Türkiye’s Çayönü
Archaeologists working in Çayönü Tepesi (Çayönü Hill), one of the world’s most significant early human settlements,…
30 April 2025
Computational Analysis Points to a Non-Traditional Garden of Eden Location – Beneath the Pyramids?
A radical new theory proposed by a computer engineer suggests that the biblical Garden of Eden…
13 April 2025
Neo-Assyrian Writing Boards: The Role of Beeswax, Orpiment, and Carbon Black in 7th Century BC Writing Techniques
Recent scientific investigations into the writing boards excavated from the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud have…
8 March 2025
Archaeologists Uncover Extensive Ancient Irrigation Network in Eridu, the World’s First City
Recent research by a multidisciplinary team of archaeologists and geologists has revealed that the Eridu region…
26 December 2024
A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed a 127-room villa twice the size of the U.S. White House
Archaeologists in northern Iraq have conducted an extensive magnetic survey using an exhaustive magnetic survey at…
19 December 2024
KIŠIB: A Digital Archive From 80,000 Mesopotamian Seals is Being Created
Over the next 16 years, a research team from the Institute for Near Eastern Archaeology at…