Some accounts have specified the region of it's creation as the country of Egypt, while others have speculated it was written comes from Sumer, a civilization located in southern Mesopotamia between 31 BCE. The most common origin of the Necronomicon is related to a race of ancient beings known as The Dark Ones, who in many worlds crafted the book at the dawn of humanity in the region of the globe now known as the Middle East. As the book is an object that exists in numerous alternate realities, its origin often varies from universe to universe.