Sumer was humanity's first great civilization. Even in today’s society you can still find traces of Sumerian inventions in agriculture, language, mathematics, religion and astronomy. The ancient ...

The Sumerians created the world's first cities, developed the earliest known writing system, and laid the foundations for civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. Yet despite their enormous influence on ...

The Sumerians created one of the earliest urban civilizations in human history. In southern Mesopotamia, they built powerful cities, developed cuneiform writing, organized complex governments, and ...

A few months ago someone asked me (via email) which populations I would love to get typed (genetically that is). There is one population which did not come to mind at the time: the Sumerians. Why?

Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilization, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by ...

Sumerian Lord Palace of the Kings found in archeological collaboration with British Museum It has been described by the director of the British Museum as “one of the most fascinating sites” he has has ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...