What Sumerian Teeth Reveal About the People History Ignored A new isotopic method unlocks diet and daily life at a third-millennium BCE Iraqi site where conventional analysis has long been impossible.

Cuneiform tablets say Sumerians ate fish. Their teeth say otherwise. New zinc isotope analysis of dental enamel from 4,500-year-old Abu Tbeirah reconstructs diet where collagen has long since vanished. #Bioarchaeology #AncientMesopotamia #IsotopeArchaeology www.anthropology.net/p/what-sumer...

Ancient Mesopotamian medical texts reveal temple visits for treating ear and spleen disorders

A new study examines how divine sanctuaries fit into medical practice in ancient Mesopotamia...

More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/01/meso...

#archaeology #ancientmedicine #AncientMesopotamia

MEZOPOTAMYA UYGARLIKLARINDA KEDİLER youtu.be/ipRtFk6JNso

#mesopotamia #ancientmesopotamia #mesopotamiancivilization #mesopotamianhistory #sumer #sumerian #sumeriancivilization #sumerianhistory #akkad #akkadian #akkadianempire #babylon #babylonia #babylonianempire #ancientneareast

MEZOPOTAMYA UYGARLIKLARINDA KEDİLER youtu.be/ipRtFk6JNso

#mesopotamia #ancientmesopotamia #mesopotamiancivilization #mesopotamianhistory #sumer #sumerian #sumeriancivilization #sumerianhistory #akkad #akkadian #akkadianempire #babylon #babylonia #babylonianempire #ancientneareast

When a King Spoke in Clay How two small cylinders from Kish preserve Nebuchadnezzar II’s voice and fix a missing chapter in Mesopotamian history

Two small clay cylinders finally give Nebuchadnezzar II his voice. A firsthand account of restoring the ziggurat of Kish, written in cuneiform and buried for millennia. When kings speak through clay. #Archaeology #AncientMesopotamia #Cuneiform #History www.anthropology.net/p/when-a-kin...

Iraq to spend $14.5 million to renovate ancient city of Ur Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The renovation of the ancient city of Ur in the southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar is expected to cost 19 billion Iraqi dinars (about $14.5 million), […]

Iraq plans a $14.5M renovation of the ancient city of Ur to restore its archaeological landscape, protect cultural heritage, and boost sustainable tourism in Dhi Qar province. #Archaeology #AncientMesopotamia #Iraq #CulturalHeritage #Ur #HeritagePreservation

Starting my 1st #onehourread with Doc @moudhy.bsky.social #BetweenTwoRivers and looking forward to this as it's a book that I'm studying as I read.

Let's do this!

#AncientMesopotamia

1st in my #onehourreads is ##BetweenTwoRivers by Doc @moudhy.bsky.social and this is a delightful way to start a morning where we are on the 7th morning of puppy sitting. Im beat lol.

Let's retreat into #AncientMesopotamia for a break.

#onehourread

Episode 4: Neo-Sumerian Art
Journey back over 4,000 years to explore the Neo-Sumerian Period—a golden age of renewal after the fall of the Akkadian Empire. #ArtHistory #SumerianArt #AncientMesopotamia #Archaeology #UrNammu #ZigguratOfUr #Gudea #arteducation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDU2...

Happy Pub Day to URUK by James Zwerneman!
This is a joint book and voting post, because URUK is pro-voting!
#historicalfiction #ancientmesopotamia #uruk #thefirstcity #epic #adventure #vote @diversionbooks.bsky.social

Discover Uruk: cradle of civilization, home to early urban design, ziggurats, and writing. Follow its rise, culture, & legacy in this epic documentary. 🌆📜

#Uruk #AncientMesopotamia #History #Civilization #Archaeology

Explore the world’s first great beer culture with Tate Paulette! Join the AIA on Sept 17 at 8 PM ET | 7 PM CT | 6 PM MT | 5 PM PT for "Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia." Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Archaeology #AIA #AncientMesopotamia #BeerHistory

Psst Doc @moudhy.bsky.social

Look what arrived in my small rural town located between two rivers toasting of miles from the focal point of your book!!

#BetweenTwoRivers
#AncientMesopotamia

Finished reading: #TheEpicOfGilgamesh by Anonymous

7.4.25

Gilgamesh: The Original Jesus

#ClassicLiterature
#AncientMesopotamia
#PreBible
#booksky

Blue lettering on a golden banner surrounded by line drawings in gold. The book it covers is Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, authored by Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

Here we go... #AncientMesopotamia awaits once more.

Tapputi of Ancient Mesopotamia is recognized as the first chemist in history!

She crafted perfumes by combining flowers, oil, and calamus with cyperus, myrrh, and balsam.

Afterward, she incorporated water and solvents, followed by filtering and distilling the mixture.

#ancientmesopotamia

Past the Cheribims, through the gate..
enter the Garden of Eden 🦋
Everything is exactly the same as the day of creation.
books2read.com/SGCLARK
#ReturnToEden #AncientMesopotamia

Identifying the preserved network of irrigation canals in the Eridu region, southern Mesopotamia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Identifying the preserved network of irrigation canals in the Eridu region, southern Mesopotamia

Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the remains of an extensive irrigation system near the site of ancient Eridu, which was in use between the 6th and 1st millennium BCE. #ancientmesopotamia

Ea-Nasir is "back"... Hey guys, remember the ancient Mesopotamian low-quality copper bamboozler Ea-Nasir? Guess what: he seems to be "back"... ...To be fair though: This particular embezzlement crime actually happened in…

More details/context/deep-dive at my Tumblr blog:

www.tumblr.com/ferdifz/7478...

#EaNasir #Meme #TumblrMeme #LowQualityCopper #CommoditiesTrade #AncientMesopotamia #fz_links #fz_funny #fz_thinkingOutLoud