The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.

Sealed inside a rocky tomb for over four millennia, an Egyptian skeleton has just revealed a hidden chapter of ancient ...

Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

But a fifth of the genome showed links to the area in the Middle East between the Tigris and ... Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as ...

Even further back in time were those Sumerians in same Mesopotamia area, dating to about 3500 BC. Sumerians recorded their laws, business transactions, pieces of literature and tax records.