As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia, the region that gave birth to the world’s first urban civilization some 5,000 years ago.

“Who was the first author in history whose name we know?” This sounds like a trick question, but it is not — at least not according to the gem of a new show at the Morgan Library, “She Who Wrote: ...

Recent events in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey recall ancient and equally dramatic events in Babylon and Mesopotamia, whose lands these countries now occupy. A magnificent storyteller and a careful historian ...

"Assyria will Rise" by Paul Batou. In the first millennium BC, ancient Mesopotamian civilization pioneered the first multinational empires in world history. The Assyrian Empire was the first of these.

Back in the day, Ancient Mesopotamia was the place to be. Considering the geographical area of some of humanity’s most important inventions, the wheel, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, and writing ...

This stone relief from the palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (c. 645 BC) shows a snarling mastiff, one of the powerful dogs used to control lions during royal hunts. (Getty Images) Perceptions of ...

About 4,500 years ago, an image of the Sumerian storm god Ningirsu was engraved on a silver vessel now on view in the Getty Villa Museum exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” ...

After a long probation due to a lack of sufficient facts from the previous show, the Institute of Human Knowledge and Hygiene has granted the Encyclopedia Show to return and continue its mission to ...