Bringing the ancient, 5,000-year-old building to the surface, researchers from the University of Coimbra and the University ...

Climate change is significantly affecting ancient cities in southern Iraq, wiping away thousands of years of history.

Iraq's Minister of Culture announced the seizure of 185 Iraqi artifacts in the UK, affirming the ministry's commitment to ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object’s owner authorized ...

The 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned to Iraq contains text in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet. (Murtaja Lateef/AFP) Baghdad (AFP) -- Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet ...

For Assyrians in today's Iraq, this monumental event holds profound lessons and inspiration. The Egyptian example demonstrates how a nation can reawaken its ancient glory through the power of cultural ...

An ancient sculpture from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is headed back to Iraq, where it was made, but not before yielding vital new information about ancient artists’ ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

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, ...

Syriac, an ancient dialect of Aramaic, has been the language spoken by Christians in Iraq and neighbouring Syria for centuries — Waleed AL-KHALID Iraq's shrunken and conflict-scarred Christian ...