William Dalrymple, the historian and author, recently discussed his latest book, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed ... helped plan Baghdad as a circular city, probably inspired ...

American officials last week returned a 2,700-year-old artifact to Iraq after it had been looted from the Iraq museum in Baghdad in 2003 ... return a small part of history back to where it ...

The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar ...

The sixth edition of the Ancient Civilizations Forum kicked off in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday ... adding the acts "cannot erase history and civilizations that spanned thousands of ...

An archaeological dig in Al-Suwaira, some 60km south of Baghdad, has revealed ... “Wasit was a major industrial region of ancient and medieval Iraq whose history will be illuminated by this ...

A Baghdad battery is not a brand of ... Establishing the provenance of an ancient artifact — its origin and history of ownership — is paramount to ascertaining whether or not it's legitimate ...

And they represent a cultural and heritage treasure in Iraq, in Baghdad, for more than a thousand years." The exhibition will run through the fasting month of Ramadan Yahoo Sports ...

In The Golden Road, William Dalrymple proposes that India had a role in shaping and reshaping the ancient and medieval ... helped plan Baghdad as a circular city, probably inspired by the mandala.