MERSIN, Türkiye

Muazzez Ilmiye Cig, an internationally acclaimed Turkish scholar on ancient Sumeria, died on Sunday at the age of 110.

Cig, born in 1914, passed away in intensive care at a hospital in Mezitli in Mersin, southern Türkiye.

She was known for her research in Sumerology and her contributions to the field of ancient Near Eastern studies.

Sumerology is the study of the history, language, and culture of the Sumerians, the earliest known human civilization, emerging in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.