A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some ...

The discovery of 'sacrificed' teenagers from 4,800 years ago in the royal tombs of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization ...

Tombs built with stone contained large quantities of metal weapons, ornaments ... a 'Royal' Cemetery at the Margins of the Mesopotamian World, Cambridge Archaeological Journal (2025).

Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...

These graves contain exceptional burial goods, including weapons, prestige objects ... Basur Höyük was a center of local power with strong ties to the great cities of Mesopotamia. Although it was not ...

But what happened in Mesopotamia to prompt such revolutionary changes ... precious copper alloy metal decorations and weapons, and hundreds of thousands of beads. Not just material wealth was ...

The site is considered a “gateway” settlement in an obsidian-rich region near converging rivers, acting as a “transit point” ...

Thus, Buddha appeared in bronzes from India, Pakistan, China, Thailand and Japan, representing various periods and regional ...