The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first ...

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

A mysterious clay figurine dating back 7,000 years was recently discovered in the Arabian Gulf — and it bears a striking ...

A newfound clay head from the sixth millennium B.C. is the first of its kind ever found in Kuwait, but similar finds have ...

Ancient Mesopotamia felt love in their livers and anger in their feet, revealed a recent analysis of one million words of the ...

has been a year of extraordinary archaeological discoveries that have challenged long-held beliefs about human history.

Ubaid culture figurines bear striking similarities to modern depictions of aliens, researchers say, including elongated skulls and flat noses ...

Credit: Journal of Ancient History and Archeology The ... [Related: 6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing.] Whether or not archeologists and linguists will ever ...

Excavations conducted at the ancient site of Shakhi Kora in northern ... indicate the origins of the state and its institutions in Mesopotamia lie in part at least in their ability to provide ...