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 enigma of Sumerian origins remains one of the most compelling debates in modern archaeology and linguistics. While the Sumerians are credited with establishing the world’s first high civilization ...

Sumer was an ancient civilization located in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now modern-day Iraq. It is often considered the cradle of civilization due to its numerous innovations, including the ...

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 ...

The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...