Archaeologists excavated a site in Iraq dating to around 2700 B.C. in the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash that might contain the oldest-known tavern.

A team of researchers studying the archeological site of Lagash in southern Iraq uncovered a public eating space which dates back to 2700 B.C.

Archaeologists excavating Lagash uncovered ruins of an ancient public eating space complete with fridge, oven, food and drink, photos show.

The Lagash area, close to the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was dubbed the "garden of the gods" by the ancients for its fertility and gave rise to a string of Sumerian cities ...

Because Lagash had no geographical or ritual center, each city sector developed distinctive economic practices on an individual marsh island, much like the later Italian city of Venice, she suspects.

Researchers discovered an ancient tavern at Lagash in southern Iraq. Lagash Archaeological Project Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient tavern that’s nearly 5,000 years old in ...

Introduction History is not simply the story of what happened mdash;it is the memory of how power was used, values encoded, ...

Thanks to the hard work of archaeologists and researchers, every year brings more insight into how people ate and drank hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago. Among the newest revelations: ...

Eating out seems to have been as popular 5,000 years ago as it is today, with archaeologists in Iraq uncovering an ancient tavern dating back to 2,700 BCE.

The Lagash Lounge must have held a heck of a party the night it closed down. Perhaps this last supposition is debatable. Two things, though, are not.

Archaeologists excavating Lagash uncovered ruins of an ancient public eating space complete with fridge, oven, food and drink, photos show.