The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a ...

New research traces Mesopotamia origins of writing back to trade symbols. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art / CC0 Researchers have found the origins of writing and explained that the world’s oldest ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

Mesopotamia's highly developed literature and learning are shown by clay tablets from the library of King Assurbanipal (668–631 BC) at Nineveh, written in cuneiform script.

In Mesopotamia, early Christians dyed eggs red to symbolise the blood of Christ. Churches in western Europe later adopted this tradition, and it soon became popular. While you may use a special ...

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