The expansion of Ancient Greeks into Assyria between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC occurred through mercenary warfare and ...

Archaeologists working near Temple Mount in Jerusalem were exploring a pile of earth from an ancient drainage canal. They ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

The seal is thought to be from the same time period when Assyria conquered Judah and made it a vassal state required to pay ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Research shows that ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer, the world’s first civilization. Shifting deltas and tidal rhythms ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...