Cetus may have originally been associated with a whale, which would have had mythic status amongst Mesopotamian cultures.

Robson is the author or co-author of several books on Mesopotamian culture and the history of mathematics.

His work also uses themes from ancient Mesopotamian culture, including agrarian and fishing motifs.

Through commerce and conquest, the Babylonians helped spread Mesopotamian culture to surrounding lands.

Hammurabi was from the Mesopotamian culture that revered Marduk, among others.

The early astronomy of ancient Greece was influenced by knowledge transmitted from the Mesopotamian culture.

Surely we're looking at evidence of a civilization that you could compare to Mesopotamian or Andes culture.

But ancient Mesopotamian culture has, since its 19th-century discovery, stirred contemporary passions.

Incense has a long history in Ancient Egypt, as well as the Mesopotamian cultures.

Use of the carob plant dates back to Mesopotamian culture (modern day Iraq).