Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

This is a recreation of Queen Shub-Ad's harp, an artifact unearthed early this century from the Sumerian Royal Cemetery at Ur. It is the oldest known example of the true triangular harp, which evolved ...

a sophisticated early civilization called Sumer sprang up some 6,000 years ago (long before any of Europe's most ancient breweries came to be). Sumerians were notable for their art and ...