University of Tübingen eScience Cente/Kurdistan Archaeology OrganizationArchaeologists discovered ruins of the Kemune Palace after a severe drought hit Iraqi Kurdistan. There is no arguing that ...

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A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and around present-day Iraq ... as a lower town palace, which was theorized ...

A learned man, he restored the region’s ancient architectural ... when Saddam Hussein—then dictator of Iraq—set out to create a reconstruction of its royal palace. Like his predecessors ...

An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide new ... rubble and human remains in a palace, Earley-Spadoni ...

When British archaeologist Max Mallowan investigated the neo-Assyrian site of Nimrud in northern Iraq, he got help from ... That art, which once adorned a palace wall, depicts a priest performing ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought.