As Iraqi forces fight to take back Mosul from the Daesh group, archaeologists trained by the British Museum are preparing for another battle - trying to save what they can of the city's heritage.

"We have started to collect data and we are working on the conservation of the Mosul museum," he said. "Once the Mosul museum building is finished, we have this project with the Louvre museum in ...

Assyria, which was located in Mesopotamia, is considered the world's first empire. It existed from 2000 BCE to 612 BCE, and ...