Learn more about life in Ancient Sumer in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 history guide. What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation? ... This Sumerian King List prism is from around 2004BC-1595BC.

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Around 2112 B.C., the Sumerian king Ur-Namma (r. 2112–2095 B.C.) united the city-states of southern Mesopotamia into a short-lived kingdom known today as the Third Dynasty of Ur, or Ur III. More ...

The Standard of Ur, dating to ca. 2500 B.C., is a foot-and-a-half-long box decorated with mosaics representing a Sumerian king (enthroned above) celebrating with his retinue in the top scene. The ...