While the drive-thru window might seem like a pretty modern culinary invention, its roots may actually reach back much, much ...

In the end, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites who came from modern-day Iran. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer?

The Sumerians, often referred to as the “cradle of civilization,” were a remarkably resourceful and intelligent people whose innovations and cultural contributions continue to echo through the ...

While we may not have much information about some ancient civilizations, one thing food historians agree on is that the ...

By an extraordinary stroke of luck, the previous year the museum had launched an excavation at just such a site: the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, in modern-day Tello, in southern Iraq.

Sumerian "Farmer's Almanac" The recent discovery of an inscribed clay tablet at the site of an ancient city near modern Baghdad has made possible the translation of a 3,500-year-old agricultural ...

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 ...

Imagine a summer holiday at a seaside resort, with days spent sunbathing, reading books, exploring nature and chatting with ...

Italy was one of a number of European countries to experience a prolonged heatwave last summer Clues hidden deep in the trunks of ancient trees have revealed that last summer was the northern ...