Archaeologists have unearthed “administrative tablets,” which provide the oldest tangible proof of the world’s ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...

Iraqi and US-led coalition forces kill ISIS deputy caliph in Iraq, strengthening partnership with Syria to combat terrorism.

For generations, collard greens have formed an important part of African and African-diaspora diets around the world.

In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...

By Victoria Cardiel The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, said with emotion that most of the Iraqi ...

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The head of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage revealed that 27,000 artifacts have been returned to the Iraqi National Museum.

"In recent months, we have managed to recover more than 7,000 historically significant antiquities from ancient civilizations ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.