The key features were a deep trench, two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly ... The battle at the time had political connotations — Iraq was engaged in a devastating war with ...

The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

The key features were a deep trench, two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly ... The battle at the time had political connotations — Iraq was engaged in a devastating war with ...

Antiquities from ancient Iraq are to go on display as part of a new British Museum touring exhibition. The artefacts will be shown at the Lakeside Arts centre, as part of a University of ...

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Scientists have discovered an ancient settlement with hundreds of artefacts in Iraq, believed to be more than 4,000 years old, as efforts to explore the country's trove of historical sites intensify.

They were found in Mosul by a US-Iraqi excavation team working to reconstruct the ancient Mashki Gate, which Islamic State (IS) militants destroyed in 2016. Iraq is home to some of the world's ...

No ancient city was so desired and feared ... when Saddam Hussein—then dictator of Iraq—set out to create a reconstruction of its royal palace. Like his predecessors, he left behind ...

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DURHAM, ENGLAND—According to a CNN report, the site of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah has been discovered in Iraq using historical accounts and declassified images taken by American spy satellites ...

The site was abandoned by the late fourth millennium B.C. without evidence of violence or environmental catastrophe, ...