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After Sargon II died in 705 BC, the capital was moved to Nineveh, and the city fell into oblivion. In the 19th and 20th centuries, French and American archaeological missions uncovered areas of ...

the city in northern Iraq where IS established the capital of their self-declared "caliphate." Meticulous excavation work by Iraqi archaeologists has already yielded more than 35,000 fragments.

The contract will take effect when Iraq’s Council of Ministers approves ... Bismayah New City, located 6.2 miles southeast of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad [HANWHA CORPORATION] BY CHO ...

The ancient city once served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. A dais uncovered by archaeologists at the site of Nimrud, Iraq. The ancient city once served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire.

Mosul lies 400 km (250 miles) north of Iraq's capital Baghdad on the river Tigris, and is home to up to 2 million people. The city was captured by the Islamic State group in June 2014 and became ...

Archaeologists are restoring ancient treasures in Nimrud, an Assyrian city in Iraq, nearly a decade after its destruction by ...