Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

A 200-year-long drought 4,200 years ago may have killed off the ancient Sumerian language, one geologist says. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

The Sumerians were among the most inventive of ancient civilisations – and laid the foundations for the more advanced societies that were to follow. They lived in the fertile valleys between the ...

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 ...

Recent claims by Iraqi transportation minister that ancient Sumerians owned an airport to “launch spaceships 7000 years ago” have been found to be inaccurate, Alarabiya.net reported. Minister Kazem ...

THE great and inventive people who settled 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (now part of Iraq), founded one of the world’s first major civilizations.

The fermented cereal beverage enjoyed by Sumerians, so-called Sumerian beer, may have been alcohol-free, suggests a recent review of ancient Sumerian practices. While ancient writings and vessel ...

British Museum dig in ruined city of Girsu in Iraq has uncovered innovative ‘civilisation-saving’ technology Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues affecting ...

Planet Nine is yet to be discovered but astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are convinced it is real. In 2015, Caltech professor Michael Brown proposed a hypothetical ...