Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

The annual Celebrating the Humanities gathering was more than just a way to recognize excellence across the division. This ...

Researchers analyzing ancient cuneiform tablets recently unveiled a 4,000-year-old beer receipt — offering a rare glimpse into Mesopotamian beer culture. The news was announced in a University of ...

Polis III Nona has assumed his duties as the new patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. He was elected on April 12, replacing Cardinal Louis Sako, who retired in March.

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

In her new tabletop roleplaying game, Columbus-based trans game designer Chrys Sellers asks players to transport themselves ...

The Sumerians built the world’s earliest cities and invented writing—but we still don't know exactly who they were. Did they migrate from a distant land, or did they emerge right inside Mesopotamia?

In an article on the Fuente Magna Bowl, April Holloway highlighted the evidence of Sumerian writing in South America. The Fuente Magna Bowl and Pokotia monument indicate that Sumerians may have ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words ...

Iran’s ‘civilisation’, one of the world’s oldest and continuous, has been the buzzword over the past 24 hours, amid US President Donald Trump’s threats to end it, before the ceasefire agreement was ...

In the figure of Enheduanna, we see a powerful figure of great creativity, whose passionate praise of the goddess of love continues to echo through time.