The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.

Director and producer Professor Martin Worthington said Sumerian 'is probably the world’s first written language and died out around 2000 BCE' ...

The short film starring Trinity students and directed by Prof Martin Worthington is available on YouTube with subtitles in ...

Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian ...

Ancient Mesopotamians believed that if they followed a proper set of instructions, they would have dreams that included contact with the gods. Assyriologist Aino Hätinen of Ludwig Maximilian ...

Archaeologists return to Nineveh in northern Iraq, one of the ancient world’s grandest imperial capitals Archaeologists didn’t know what to expect when they began searching for a 2,700-year-old ...

The National Museum in Damascus is one of the most significant cultural institutions in the Middle East. Its extensive ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” ...