A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals ...

Discovering an ancient religion in the mountains of Iraq, specifically in Northern Iraq, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, ...

:: Ahmed Fakak al-Badrani, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Iraq "It is a great honor on this day to receive a large number of antiquities, including those brought over by the prime ...

The secretary-general of the Council of Ministers confirmed that Ur will turn its historic legacy into a cultural and tourism ...

The 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned to Iraq contains text in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet — Murtaja LATEEF Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Heavy rainfall in Iraq has led to the discovery of hundreds of ancient artefacts, including gold pieces and coins, buried for centuries at a historic site near Babylon, 964 Network ...

Beirut — Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of ...

Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country's largest reservoir declined, an antiquities official said Saturday. The tombs, believed to be ...

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 ...

Nobody at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad knows exactly how the stolen Sumerian tablets ended up in Peru. All that authorities in Lima could tell museum officials was that the three hand-size ...