Archaeologists in Dahwa, Oman, found two strange discs that turned out to be a rare 4,000-year-old musical instrument, ...

Archaeologists working at a long-buried city in northern Iraq have unearthed clues that could rewrite part of Mesopotamia’s hidden story. The site, Kurd Qaburstan, sits in the Erbil region and may ...

As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia ... and stunning survey of early Bronze Age art may be behind schedule but could ...

Credit: Photograph by permission of the Başur Höyük Research Project; Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2025 Five millennia ago, Bronze Age people in Mesopotamia built elaborate stone tombs full ...

Başur Höyük is a Bronze Age community dated to between 3100 BC and 2800 BC. Previous studies have hinted that this period corresponded to the rise of kingship in ancient Mesopotamia as part of ...

In ancient Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age, as the name of the period suggests, bronze tools were the main tools used, and copper, the material used in making them, was an important commodity.