THE thesis which it is proposed to outline here embodies the following propositions: (1) Available evidence points to Mesopotamia as the oldest known centre of scientific observation permanently ...

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

Researchers found that ancient Mesopotamians associated body parts with emotions, just as we do—but they discovered some ...

Even in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a rough understanding of anatomy, for example the importance of the heart, liver and lungs,' says Professor Saana Svärd of the University of Helsinki ...

This enthralling history of ancient Mesopotamia explores what unearthed clay and stone tablets tell us about the intimate lives of people who lived 4,000 years ago; from the imprint of a child’s ...

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 ...

A Sumerian palace discovered in Iraq dates back 4,500 years and helps to understand one of the first civilizations in human ...