Restoration of Iraq's archaeological site of Nimrud, which was destroyed by Islamic State militants, is well underway in the ...

The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake during the Pleistocene epoch but is now a ...

Board game, clay tablets and building remains shed light on the ancient city of Qabra and its cultural identity.

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of international researchers, led by the University of Göttingen, has studied how the f ...

One of three stone tablets found in northeastern Iraq that may reveal more information about Mesopotamian life. University of Central Florida, courtesy of Tiffany Earley-Spadoni An ancient game board, ...

Assyrian villagers still pray in destroyed Church in North Iraq. Exposed ceiling steel beams after Chuch Bombing by Saddam in 1988. Remains of ancient church exposed to the elements. Bombed Assyrian ...

New findings at Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets and monumental ruins, reveal insights into Middle Bronze Age life and ...

A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and around present-day Iraq. The study of these new tablets could reveal ...

One such example came from Baghdad, Iraq, during the Islamic Golden Age in the fourth Islamic century (10th century AD). It was around this time, when Europe was living through its so-called "Dark ...

No ancient city was so desired and feared ... when Saddam Hussein—then dictator of Iraq—set out to create a reconstruction of its royal palace. Like his predecessors, he left behind ...

In an annex of Iraq's national museum, a conservator pores over a 17th-century manuscript, carrying out delicate restoration work as part of efforts to preserve and digitise 47,000 precious texts.

Board game, clay tablets and building remains shed light on the ancient city of Qabra and its cultural identity.