New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd ... and household refuse were uncovered. Excavated pottery included everyday items such as cups, plates ...

They found that two-thirds of the pottery vessels were made by children as young as seven and eight years old, indicating that child labor helped sustain the ancient pottery industry. The ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...