At the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of Destruction. ... the government in Baghdad revived the plan. In April 2021, workers laid a cornerstone, ...

Our next destination was Dur-Kurigalzu, an ancient ruined city that has an enormous, 70-meter-tall ziggurat. It’s 45 minutes west of Baghdad.

Epic History. Baghdad Burns: Fall of the Abbasids. Posted: May 27, 2025 | Last updated: May 27, 2025. In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Beit Lawee, under construction in 1937, was once the palatial Baghdad seat of a Jewish family that fled to Canada in the 1950s, after the war that created Israel made life more precarious for Jews ...

Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish history. Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written ...

Baghdad’s finance ministry cited the KRG’s alleged failure to hand over oil and non-oil revenues to justify that Erbil had already received its full share of the federal budget for 2025.

What ancient pollen reveals about Earth’s history. It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. May 26, 2025. 5 min. Summary.

The first steam-powered passenger train took off 200 years ago, transforming long-distance travel. But the track itself is ancient. Take a look. Humans have been using tracks, of one kind or ...

How did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style. Built in the 4th century B.C., the lavish—and massive—Mausoleum at Halicarnassus awed onlookers for more than 1,600 years.