The head of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage revealed that 27,000 artifacts have been returned to the Iraqi National Museum.

Their study focused on Uruk, an area in southern Iraq, which was an immensely important centre of culture and trade around 6,000 years ago. Cylinder seals, made of stone, were invented in this area.

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"When people think about where cities first arose, they imagine cities in southern Iraq, like Uruk. We seek to fill in this gap in the scholarship by investigating a large urban site, one of the ...

located in modern-day Iraq, on his way to school. We find out about many of the inventions developed at the time, as well as the careful urban planning that went into the city of Uruk. He explains ...