The Near and Middle East are full of cities of proven antiquity, such as Byblos, Sidon, Jericho, Susa… Less well…
Mesopotamia
A 4,500-year-old Mesopotamian pillar contains the first deciphered inscription about border disputes
A marble pillar or stele that has been preserved in the British Museum for 150 years bears a cuneiform inscription,…
The Dur-Kurigalzu ziggurat that medieval travelers mistook for the Tower of Babel
In the Iraqi desert, some 30 kilometres west of Baghdad, stands an impressive mound that, at first sight, looks like…
The Assyrians, the people who built an empire in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago, still exist
Assyria is the ancient region of northern Mesopotamia around the city of Assur, founded around 2600 BC on the banks…
