A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ...

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first ...

Archaeologists unveiled new treasures from the ancient Temple of Ninurta in Nimrud, Iraq shedding light on Assyrian ...

The museum, designed by the late Iraqi architect Mohamed Makiya, first opened in 1952 and was meant to tell the rich, diverse history of northern Iraq. Mosul was built near the remains of the ...

Iraq's foreign minister said the Gilgamesh Dream ... It was looted from an Iraqi museum during the 1991 Gulf War and smuggled through many countries before ending up at Washington DC's Museum ...

A Sumerian palace discovered in Iraq dates back 4,500 years and helps to understand one of the first civilizations in human ...

Despite previous excavations led by the English archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard and then by British archaeologist Sir ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The artefacts, cylinder and stamp seals dating back thousands of years, were seized after a US collector tried to sell one in an online auction The Iranian-born artist Abbas Akhavan’s ...