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 created one of the world’s earliest civilizations, building cities, developing writing, and shaping the history of Mesopotamia. Yet one major question remains: where did the Sumerians ...

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

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But evidence uncovered in the past few decades indicates that the Sumerians have a few contenders ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...

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 ...

A few months ago someone asked me (via email) which populations I would love to get typed (genetically that is). There is one population which did not come to mind at the time: the Sumerians. Why?

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...

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