Sumer was humanity's first great civilization. Even in today’s society you can still find traces of Sumerian inventions in agriculture, language, mathematics, religion and astronomy. The ancient ...

歴史上最も古い物語として知られるギルガメシュ叙事詩は、現在まで残っている写本は紀元前2000年紀初頭のもので、オリジナルはさらに古く紀元前4000年紀に書かれたと考えられています。それほど古い時代に古代シュメール人はどのようにして文字体系を ...

The Sumerians can seem very familiar. They have been understood as a distinct people, speaking a common language, who occupied the alluvial plains of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) between ...

The ancient civilization of Sumer never ceases to captivate and intrigue. Scholars and historians are constantly busy uncovering new details and aspects of this civilization, even centuries after the ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...

Have you ever thought of inventing something that has an exceptionally brilliant concept? Do you want to become a famous discoverer who can transform society for the better? If yes, then hang on! You ...

A few months ago someone asked me (via email) which populations I would love to get typed (genetically that is). There is one population which did not come to mind at the time: the Sumerians. Why?

Who were the Sumerians? Where did they originate? For those who are not familiar with this remarkable, resourceful and intelligent people, who not only invented writing but also established the true ...

The Minister for Transport in Iraq made a controversial speech at the inauguration of a new airport in southern Dhi Qar, in which he stated that ancient Sumerians built the first airports 7,000 years ...