The country’s ancient sites faced “two waves of destruction,” Jotheri said, the first after harsh international sanctions were imposed following Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait and ...

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Iraq is grappling with one of the worst droughts in its history. Water levels in Turkish dams feeding Iraq’s rivers remain critically low, and this year’s winter rains have failed to provide enough ...

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 ...

BAGHDAD — Archaeologists in northern Iraq last week unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees from the Assyrian Empire, an archaeologist said Wednesday. The carvings on ...

Everyone has their favorite recipe passed down from earlier generations, but the oldest cookbook in the world actually goes ...

Iraq's shrunken and conflict-scarred Christian community is launching a new television channel as part of efforts to save their dying language, spoken for more than 2,000 years.Syriac, an ancient ...

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian ...

Sitting in a Baghdad internet cafe, surrounded by fellow gamers, the 30-year-old graphic designer marvelled at the 3D depictions of ancient Iraq and Baghdad. As the story unfolds and Basim bloodily ...

BAGHDAD — An international archaeological mission has uncovered the remnants of what is believed to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant or tavern in the ancient city of Lagash in southern Iraq.

A 5,000-year-old restaurant highlights Iraq’s archaeological renaissance A bridge believed to be about 4,000 years old, in the ancient city-state of Lagash, has been uncovered in southern Iraq.