At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

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A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

Archaeologists investigating burial sites in southern Poland have unearthed a remarkable collection of iron artifacts, ...

Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ...

Scientists have long known that beer played an important role in ancient Mesopotamia, widely known as the cradle of human civilization, but they struggled to find concrete evidence of the beverage — ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought. Mudbrick architecture in the ...

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It was worn as jewelry by the pharaohs and nobility ... The stone carried on its long journey into ancient Mesopotamia. Lapis lazuli was carved into detailed designs for cylinder seals and ...

“I believe that jewelry is more than just adornment or luxury ... A 5,100-year-old marble pig amulet from Mesopotamia; a Hellenistic golden wreath of olive leaves; a natural pearl brooch once donned ...

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