Four LMU researchers have each been awarded a Consolidator Grant. Their projects deal with the statistics of social inequality, the cuneiform culture of Mesopotamia, the detailed investigation of ...
Sir John Marshall detailed discoveries in the Indus Valley in 1924, linking ancient Indian civilization with Sumerian culture ...
When Joan Juliet Buck agreed to interview Asma al-Assad for Vogue in 2010, she had no idea it would destroy her livelihood ...
Home to a wealth of attractions — including the ancient ruins of Babylon, the Mesopotamian Marshes and the mountains of Iraqi ...
Home to a wealth of attractions — including the ancient ruins of Babylon, the Mesopotamian Marshes and the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan — Iraq is often dubbed the “cradle of civilization ...
At the time of creation, this was considered the boundary of the known world. Within Mesopotamia, clear markings depict the Euphrates River, Babylon, and other features. “In this circular diagram, you ...
Drawing from his book, “Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization,” McCarron recounted his expedition along the Tigris River, exploring its profound historical significance in ...
Learn why the achievements of Egypt, Babylon and Greece, though child’s play today, still stand as remarkable feats of ...
Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across ...
For thousands of years before Prophet Abraham, Allah sent tens of thousands of prophets to all the bands, tribes, nations and empires on the earth, and not one of God’s Prophets was able to establish ...
Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...