This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about Mesopotamia. There’s listener (and cat!) news, a tribute to that naughty girl Salome, and of course, the new quiz ...

A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia is being proposed. Mesopotamia is widely believed to be the cradle of civilization, but a growing body of ...

A dictionary of the extinct language of ancient Mesopotamia has been completed after 90 years of work; so what did it sound like?

How sexually liberated were the people of Ancient Mesopotamia? In what is modern day Iraq and dates back to around 3000 BC. The answer may surprise you, with gender fluidity and sexual diversity ...

The word "Mesopotamia," is an ancient Greek name that is sometimes translated as "the land between two rivers" — the rivers being the Euphrates and the Tigris, both of which originate in eastern ...

King Sargon of Akkad—who legend says was destined to rule—established the world’s first empire more than 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.

What was school like? An ancient tablet with cuneiform script from Mesopotamia period dating 1,500-539 BC (Photo by Gary Todd licensed CC0.1 Universal Public Domain Dedication via Wikimedia) ...

An ancient civilization that ruled Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago was likely wiped out because of disastrous dust storms, a new study suggests.