The Sumerians were among the most inventive of ancient civilisations – and laid the foundations for the more advanced societies that were to follow. They lived in the fertile valleys between the ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...

Q:What was the origin of keeping time in terms of 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour? A:Our current divisions of time can be traced to the ancient Sumerians in the fourth millennium B.C., ...

When historians look back into time to name the first civilized people, they usually pick the Sumerians, who built imposing cities, including Abraham’s Ur of the Chaldees, in southern Mesopotamia ...

Recent claims by Iraqi transportation minister that ancient Sumerians owned an airport to “launch spaceships 7000 years ago” have been found to be inaccurate, Alarabiya.net reported. Minister Kazem ...

THE great and inventive people who settled 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (now part of Iraq), founded one of the world’s first major civilizations.

The fermented cereal beverage enjoyed by Sumerians, so-called Sumerian beer, may have been alcohol-free, suggests a recent review of ancient Sumerian practices. While ancient writings and vessel ...

One of the many advantages of homeschooling is the opportunity to learn about things that are not normally taught in schools. For the subject of history, we mostly adhere to the Classical four year ...

NIBIRU will pass Earth on September 23 to mark the Planet X apocalypse, it has been spectacularly claimed, but is it true that the ancient Sumerians warned us of this calamity? The end times will be ...