“She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia ca. 3400-2000 B.C. at the Morgan proves the world's first author was a woman, not a man. And she wrote in the first person.

MESOPOTAMIAN PRIESTS ROBBED. Share full article Share free access. Dec. 1, 1891. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 1, 1891, Page 2 Buy ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, ... but also priests, traders and professional lamenters.

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing. By Joshua Hammer. Simon & Schuster. 400 pages.