This is the first episode of a two-part series on the origin of jokes and humor. Listen to part two here. This episode originally aired on August 5, 2022. In the late 1800s, archeologists in Iraq ...
Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago. High ...
"Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings" (c. 2,900–2,600 BCE), Sumerian, copper alloy (image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art) The 14-inch-high statue shows a man carrying a box on his head, a ...