As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia, the region that gave birth to the world’s first urban civilization some 5,000 years ago.

We can now be sure that Mesopotamian sculpture of the human form was typically coloured. Our project, which set out to reconstruct the polychromy of Mesopotamian stone statues dating from the fourth ...

Introduction : becoming art -- The search for Origins : Mesopotamia and the cradle of civilization -- Uruk : the arts of civilization -- Early Dynastic Sumer : images for people, temples for gods -- ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, which was closed since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, reopened its museum and gardens today with a new ...

Rodents surmount a U.S. Humvee in the sculpture called “Occupation”: “The mice have different meanings,” says Alkubaisy. “They could symbolize occupation or the enemy. In any case, this is not a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sotheby's auctioned a tiny, ancient Mesopotamian sculpture for $57 million on Wednesday, a record sum for any sculpture or antiquity sold at auction. The Guennol Lioness is a 3.25 ...

Art is a space where conversations collide in Maryam Yousif’s whimsical, cheeky and thoughtful three-dimensional works—exchanges that connect the women of Mesopotamia’s long history with family ...

Assyrian cylinder seal from the late ninth to seventh centuries B.C.E., made of chalcedony and inscribed with a cultic scene. The image on the right shows the impression the seal would make. Gift of ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- A 3 1/4 -inch limestone lion from ancient Mesopotamia fetched $57.2 million at Sotheby's Wednesday, the highest price ever paid at an auction for a sculpture. Sotheby's had ...