When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized the written document. In this respect, a cylinder seal's impression is the ...

A sheet metal manufacturer has signed up for more than 40,000 sq ft of space at the site of a former Stoke-on-Trent pottery factory in a deal arranged by Harris Lamb. Jarrobs Ltd has signed a ten-year ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris ...

A monumental 5,000-year-old cultic space unearthed in Iraq may redefine how archaeologists understand the earliest urban societies and their spiritual foundations.

Iraq’s Zagros Mountains. Credit: ninara / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental building at the ancient site of Kani Shaie in Iraq, offering new insight into how ...

This tiny fragment belied a find of Biblical proportions. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient Assyrian inscription that may shed light on historical events described in the Old Testament. The discovery, a tiny 2.5-centimeter pottery shard ...

A peaceful day of mudlarking turns extraordinary with the discovery of Roman pottery and historic tokens.A mudlarking permit from the Port of London Authority is required in order to mudlark on the ...

A new study suggests that the origins of Sumerian civilization were shaped not just by ingenuity but by the natural rhythms of rivers and tides at the head of the Persian Gulf. Credit: Shutterstock ...