Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

The earliest recorded kiss goes back at least 4,500 years to Mesopotamia. Researchers cite clay tablets and other materials that push back evidence of kissing by about 1,000 years.