Articles for tag: Ancient History, archaeology facts, early civilizations, Mesopotamia, Sumerians

11 Little-Known Facts About Ancient Mesopotamia

11 Little-Known Facts About Ancient Mesopotamia

Andrew Alpin

Often overshadowed by the grandeur of Egyptian pyramids and the philosophical achievements of ancient Greece, remains one of history’s most fascinating yet underappreciated civilizations. This ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers gave birth to countless innovations that still shape our daily lives, from the concept of time itself to the very foundations of ...

Rock-cut tombs housed the burial of an Egyptian man

Oldest Egyptian Genome Reveals Ancient Ties to Mesopotamia

Suhail Ahmed

A team of scientists has recently sequenced the oldest and most complete genome from the Egypt known as the “Ruler of Nekhen”. The man lived between 4500–4800 years ago which is contemporaneous with the dawn of the Old Kingdom. His groundbreaking findings show he was genotypically linked with North Africa and greatly associated with Mesopotamia, ...