Tag: Mesopotamia

Make mersu, the oldest known dessert in history

Mersu is energy-dense and sweet—think of it as a Bronze Age power snack.

Meet the Marsh Arabs of Iraq at Dubai Design Week

A Mudhif is built for Dubai Design Week to emulate the lives of marsh Arabs in Mesopotamia and Iraq.

The origins of writing may be traced to clay tablets in Iraq

This discovery reveals, for the first time, a direct link between the cylinder seal system and the invention of writing, offering new perspectives for studying the evolution of symbolic and writing systems.

Tigris River Flotilla Puts Iraq Back in the News

On Sunday, September 15, a fleet of traditional and modern Mesopotamian boats will sail down the Tigris River on...

How NASA Sees the Changing Middle East Landscape

Who would have known 50 years ago that Angel Falls can be experienced like this? Flying in a motorized paraglider over...