One of Jordan's best-known archaeological sites, only an hour's drive from Amman, the old Greco-Roman city is not to be ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

Much of what we know about the city’s early flourishing comes from a remarkable collection of more than 23,000 clay Assyrian tablets discovered at the Turkish site of Karum Kanesh, 600 miles away.

AnuZigguratUruk #WarkaIraq #WhiteTemple Explore Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, where one of the cradles of civilization and the birthplace of the first writing system emerged. In the fertile valley ...

A stunning 12-ton relief depicting Assyrian deities has been uncovered beneath the ancient palace of King Ashurbanipal.

Heidelberg excavation work in ancient Nineveh. A team from Heidelberg University working in Iraq made a remarkable discovery. In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal, located in ...

Children process into a church in Qaraqosh, Iraq, to celebrate their first holy Communion. Over 450 boys and girls received the sacrament during liturgies held over the past month in various ...

Cellar preserved at a depth of 2.20m in the ancient Roman-era city, France. Credit: Hamid Azmoun / Inrap Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence of life in the Roman-era city of Metlosedum – ...