Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

A statue awaiting restoration lies toppled on the ground and covered with a tarp in the ancient Assyrian town of Nimrud, Iraq, May 1, 2025 (Sipa photo by Elisa Gestri via AP Images). Since the fall of ...

In places like Uruk and Eridu in modern-day Iraq, humans founded the first cities nearly 6,000 years ago. They left us literature, astronomy, and mathematics, as well as lessons in overpopulation and ...