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 ...

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

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

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

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

One summer’s day in 1936, a crowd piled into a Mayfair gallery to hear Salvador Dalí give a lecture at the International Surrealist Exhibition ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him god-like ...

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...

Belgian scientists from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have announced the results of an expedition in the Iraqi ...

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian ...

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

Interestingly, all the artifacts were found on the surface of the ground, not buried deep in the soil. These artifacts ...