This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

Many religions, philosophies, and mythologies speak of a Tree of Life. It appears in the ancient Mesopotamian religions, the Baháʼí Faith, Chinese mythology, Gnostic Manichaeism, Hinduism ...

The tree of life appears in the Book of Genesis ... are connected in other ancient myths. In one legend from Mesopotamia, for example, in modern-day Iraq, the first human is named Adapa.

Traditionally, biblical scholars have associated the Garden of Eden with Mesopotamia ... clear that the Pyramid itself resembles the sacred Tree of Life," Borisov said, explaining how light ...

A new book, The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom at the University of Leicester, UK, pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so ...

Dr. Konstantin Borisov, a computer engineer, proposed a new theory about the location of the biblical Garden of Eden, suggesting it was in Egypt, right beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza, rather ...

About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted ... Laura is the archaeology and Life's Little Mysteries editor at Live Science. She also reports on general science, including ...