ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, ...
In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...
In a Baghdad arena, a crowd cheers to the rhythm of drums, not for a football match but for a fiery centuries-old game ...
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...
Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...
The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. The site of the Hanging Gardens of ...
And so it goes, the cycle of exile and remembrance, uprooting and rerooting. With the Passover holiday, those free can celebrate their freedom, and those who are rooted, their rootedness. Yet at the ...
Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in ...
The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...
More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...
Iraqi forces recaptured the ancient city in late 2016 ... Badrani on Sunday stated that Baghdad has yet to “determine the number of artifacts stolen” during the ISIS attacks on Nimrud.