Researchers are shedding light on an ancient Babylonian tablet known as the oldest map of the world. The map was likely created around 2,600 years ago and offers a glimpse into the past.

Mesopotamian Marshland Map: Near the end of their 1,900- and 2,800-kilometer journey, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, respectfully, feed into the Mesopotamian Marshlands of modern-day Iraq before ...

Fighting Words Appointment in Mesopotamia Iraq’s problems existed long before 2003. By Christopher Hitchens Feb 05, 200711:57 AM ...

The Babylonian map consists of a circular map. Along with that, there are a few pieces of text written in an an ...

NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water ...

The coastal city of Ur, now Tell el-Muqayyar in Nasiriya, Iraq, was founded about 5800 years ago. Ur is first mentioned in the 26th century BCE, with Mesannepada as its first recorded king.

Iraq’s antiquities have been looted throughout decades of war and instability since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Iraq's government has been slowly recovering the ...

Mohammed, a 54-year-old Turkmen, said: “Obama’s victory means the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, and he will implement his promises to the American and Iraqi people.’ ...

Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods by JE Curtis (London, 2000) Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia by J Black and A Green (London, 1992/1998) ...