By examining different materials buried along with the watercraft, experts could determine the age of the boat.

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC ...

Street food goes as far back as ancient Mesopotamia. Four thousand years ago, city dwellers short on time, money, or cooking ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King ...

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know ...

Babylon It was the name of an ancient city of Mesopotamia of the region dominated by it. He flourished on the banks of the ...

The Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum documents the history and legacy of the ancient Parsi community - a small ethnic group ...

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and ...

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Archaeologists uncovered a relief of King Ashurbanipal with Assyrian gods in ancient Nineveh, offering new insight into ...