Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, ...

And so it goes, the cycle of exile and remembrance, uprooting and rerooting. With the Passover holiday, those free can celebrate their freedom, and those who are rooted, their rootedness. Yet at the ...

In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...

Many tourists love learning about a new place, but some countries are currently dangerous and are on the US government's ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political ...

The central Baghdad square where Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is about to give a speech on tourism is surrounded by exactly the kinds of historic buildings tourists will want to see ...

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

Archaeologists believe that a 2,300-year-old jar from Ancient Greece containing chicken bones was likely used as part of a ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...