African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl divers in the Gulf, soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Many people were domestic slaves ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

Ancient Civilisations: The Birth of Aphrodisiacs Honey – The Nectar of Love (Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia) Long before dating apps, love was sweetened with honey. In Ancient Egypt ...