Mesopotamia

Give me the complaint book! The oldest recorded customer complaint against a seller dates back about 3,800 years.

In 1750 B.C., a Mesopotamian named Nanni was so dissatisfied with the copper he purchased from a merchant named Ea-nasi…

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In Kuwait, a clay head of an “alien” has been unearthed, dating back 7,000 years.

A discovery dating back around 7,000 years has taken archaeologists by surprise. It seems that the model for this ancient sculptor was an alien. Researchers uncovered the head of the…
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How did writing come into existence? A hint – in the ancient seals of Mesopotamia.

Researchers from the University of Bologna have uncovered a connection between proto-cuneiform writing and ancient stone images engraved on cylinder seals dating back to around 3000 B.C. Scientists believe that…
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The Aroma of Tapputi: Scientists Recreated an Ancient Mesopotamian Perfume

Turkish researchers have uncovered the formula for an ancient Mesopotamian perfume during excavations in Ashur, the capital of ancient Assyria, located in modern-day Iraq. In the second millennium BCE, the…
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The oldest documented evidence of kisses dates back 4,500 years, according to researchers.

According to researchers from the United Kingdom and Denmark, residents of Mesopotamia practiced kissing as far back as the 2500s BCE. This discovery pushes the timeline back by a millennium,…