Interestingly, all the artifacts were found on the surface of the ground, not buried deep in the soil. These artifacts ...

The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake during the Pleistocene epoch but is now a ...

Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface ...

Baghdad has long been scarred by bombings but now a new dawn is emerging in the Iraqi capital city with the introduction of ...

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A Sumerian palace that was discovered in the Iraq desert could contain the key to understanding one of the first human civilisations, archaeologists have revealed. Since 2015, a team of British ...

Belgian scientists from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have announced the results of an expedition in the Iraqi ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A second mass grave in under a month containing the remains of 155 Kurds massacred by the former Iraqi regime decades ago was exhumed on Sunday in Iraq’s southern Muthanna ...

It was sparked by Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war unfolded in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which focused on troop deployment and defending Saudi Arabia, and Operation ...

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 ...