The nearly 3,000-year-old tablet depicts a map of Mesopotamia, which is roughly modern-day Iraq. The British Museum The map also includes areas beyond the known world at the time and the story of ...

Holy plot twist! A provocative new theory suggests that the original Garden of Eden may not have been in Mesopotamia, roughly modern-day Iraq, as has been long-assumed — but rather in Egypt ...

The sheikhs in Hebron have pre-empted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas by pursuing peace with Israel, while putting a nail in ...

Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine. Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife ...

Ancient invaders tore through a massive temple complex in modern-day Iraq, taking what they liked and destroying what they didn’t. The looting ended in a blaze as the once-wealthy temple burned.

Ancient invaders tore through a massive temple complex in modern-day Iraq, taking what they liked and destroying what they didn’t. The looting ended in a blaze as the once-wealthy temple burned.

Ancient invaders tore through a massive temple complex in modern-day Iraq, taking what they liked and destroying what they didn’t. The looting ended in a blaze as the once-wealthy temple burned.