New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

1. The Sumerian Account of the Invention of Writing -- 2. Time and Place of the Invention -- 3. Received Ideas: The Pictographic Origins of Cuneiform Writing -- 4. Received Ideas: The Origin of ...

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A recent study is changing the understanding of how urbanization developed in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the analysis, the emergence of the Sumerian civilization was not only the result of ...

The Sumerians were among the earliest civilizations to inhabit the region and they’re credited with some of the most ...

The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

A recent study by Dr. Jana Matuszak, published in the academic journal Iraq, examines the mythical narrative contained in a tablet (Ni 12501) dating to the Early Dynastic IIIb period (ca. 2540–2350 ...

Although the dimensions of the harp are taken directly from the archaeological record, this reconstruction differs in several ways from the original. Unlike the one shown here, the original harp has a ...