New findings at Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets and monumental ruins, reveal insights into Middle Bronze Age life and ...

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...

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

Archaeologists are restoring ancient treasures in Nimrud, an Assyrian city in Iraq, nearly a decade after its destruction by ...

The archaeological site of Kurd Qaburstan, located in the Erbil region of northeastern Iraq, has emerged as an invaluable ...

The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets from the Middle Bronze Age to be found in the region, according to a Jan. 14 news release from the University of Central Florida. They were uncovered ...

Artefacts at Kurd Qaburstan are offering rare insights into Mesopotamian urban life and culture during the Middle Bronze Age ...

First developed in Sumer, an ancient Mesopotamian city, cuneiform was eventually adopted ... the field supports research in the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Classics, ...