Across the world, and throughout history, different peoples have developed different ways to deal with their own waste. And while they didn’t always nail the design, their efforts to keep themselves safe have led to the thrones and...

Across multiple mythologies, the term “mother of monsters” is used frequently on the likes of women such as Echidna, Lamia, and Angrboda. But in Mesopotamian mythology, the mother of monsters is Tiamat, who’s less of a woman, and more of...

Sheeps pasture in the foreground. a cement factory in view of the Mesopotamian plain.

Mesopotamia is a flat plain slopping gently from NW to SW covered with recent sediments of fluvial and Aeolian origin. In general the Mesopotamian plain is considered as synclinorium with continuous subsidence to accommodate the huge...

Mosque's dome and great Mesopotomia view in Mardin, Turkey.

The people of Hasankeyf are hardly stranger to invasion. The ancient city, located on the banks of the Tigris River in the Batman province of southeastern Turkey, has fallen under the rule of Romans, Byzantines, Ayyubids, Mongols and...

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There is a fish lake in the center of Sanliurfa filled with sacred fish and surrounded by Halil Rahman Mosque. It is believed that Abraham, the father of prophets, was born in Sanliurfa, whose citadel and 'Fish Lake' were the scene of...

There is a fish lake in the center of Sanliurfa filled with sacred fish and surrounded by Halil Rahman Mosque. It is believed that Abraham, the father of prophets, was born in Sanliurfa, whose citadel and 'Fish Lake' were the scene of...

There is a fish lake in the center of Sanliurfa filled with sacred fish and surrounded by Halil Rahman Mosque. It is believed that Abraham, the father of prophets, was born in Sanliurfa, whose citadel and 'Fish Lake' were the scene of...

There is a fish lake in the center of Sanliurfa filled with sacred fish and surrounded by Halil Rahman Mosque. It is believed that Abraham, the father of prophets, was born in Sanliurfa, whose citadel and 'Fish Lake' were the scene of...

There is a fish lake in the center of Sanliurfa filled with sacred fish and surrounded by Halil Rahman Mosque. It is believed that Abraham, the father of prophets, was born in Sanliurfa, whose citadel and 'Fish Lake' were the scene of...

There is a fish lake in the center of Sanliurfa filled with sacred fish and surrounded by Halil Rahman Mosque. It is believed that Abraham, the father of prophets, was born in Sanliurfa, whose citadel and 'Fish Lake' were the scene of...

The people of Hasankeyf are hardly stranger to invasion. The ancient city, located on the banks of the Tigris River in the Batman province of southeastern Turkey, has fallen under the rule of Romans, Byzantines, Ayyubids, Mongols and...

The people of Hasankeyf are hardly stranger to invasion. The ancient city, located on the banks of the Tigris River in the Batman province of southeastern Turkey, has fallen under the rule of Romans, Byzantines, Ayyubids, Mongols and...

The people of Hasankeyf are hardly stranger to invasion. The ancient city, located on the banks of the Tigris River in the Batman province of southeastern Turkey, has fallen under the rule of Romans, Byzantines, Ayyubids, Mongols and...

The tomb or the Hierotheseion of Nemrut DaÄŸ bears unique testimony to the civilization of the kingdom of Commagene. Antiochos I is represented in this monument as a descendant of Darius by his father Mithridates, and a descendant of...

The tomb or the Hierotheseion of Nemrut DaÄŸ bears unique testimony to the civilization of the kingdom of Commagene. Antiochos I is represented in this monument as a descendant of Darius by his father Mithridates, and a descendant of...

The tomb or the Hierotheseion of Nemrut DaÄŸ bears unique testimony to the civilization of the kingdom of Commagene. Antiochos I is represented in this monument as a descendant of Darius by his father Mithridates, and a descendant of...

The tomb or the Hierotheseion of Nemrut DaÄŸ bears unique testimony to the civilization of the kingdom of Commagene. Antiochos I is represented in this monument as a descendant of Darius by his father Mithridates, and a descendant of...

Time lapse over city of Mardin

Mesopotamian Fallow Deer, Dama mesopotamica, MS group of adult females and fawns looking to camera and grazing, Israel

Mesopotamian Fallow Deer, Dama mesopotamica, MS group of adult females and fawns looking to camera and grazing, Israel

Mesopotamian Fallow Deer, Dama mesopotamica, CU fawn, portrait of head looking to camera, Israel