The ancient Sumerians developed this writing system more than 5,000 years ago. Tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets still await translation. It’s not a language. It’s not an alphabet, either, ...

Mesopotamian civilization, which is the oldest civilization in the world and one of the four major civilizations in the world, is said to have prospered in a part of Iraq today. The British Museum ...

Melanie Lidman is an AP reporter and former Times of Israel reporter Cuneiform is the oldest known form of writing, but it is so difficult to read that only a few hundred experts around the world can ...

Sumer was humanity's first great civilization. Even in today’s society you can still find traces of Sumerian inventions in agriculture, language, mathematics, religion and astronomy. The ancient ...

The Sumerians, Maya and other ancient cultures created texts that have lasted hundreds and even thousands of years. Here's what they can teach us about crafting an immortal message. More than 2,000 ...

Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago. High ...