Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows the origins of Sumerian civilization were shaped by tides, rivers, and shifting Mesopotamian landscapes.

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...

On the bitter plains of modern Iraq there remain large piles of baked bricks covered with much sand. They have sat there in silent witness to a lost religion for 4,000 years. Only in the 19th century ...