German archaeologists working in Iraq have made a partial map of the ancient site of Uruk and discovered that some of its features are just as described in a famous Sumerian epic poem -- "The Song of ...

Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a 5,000-year-old building that may have been a temple from the Uruk period, when the first cities in the world were taking off. The buried ...

Archaeologists have unearthed intriguing evidence of a potential cult site in the Uruk era, one of the earliest urban centers in ancient Mesopotamia, dating back over 5,000 years. This discovery, ...

Uruk in southern Iraq, founded around 4500 BCE, is considered the world's first city, marking the start of urban life with writing, monumental temples, and organized districts. It remains largely ...

All that’s left today of an ancient boat discovered in 2018 in what was formerly Uruk is the bitumen, black tar that once coated its framework of reeds, palm leaves, or wood. That fragile organic ...

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