Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

A joint team of archaeologists from the Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site while ...

University of Miami Religious Studies Professor Henry A. Green highlights the story of Jews who fled their homelands in the ...

With Iraq considering lowering the marriage age for girls to nine, Newsweek looks at marriage and consent laws around the ...

Researchers used declassified spy satellite images to pinpoint the historic Battle of al-Qadisiyyah ...

Archaeologists discover ancient site of key Iraq battle thanks to old spy photos - Iraqis who grew up under the rule of ...

The facts on the ground and the truth of what actually happened can settle debates. It’s just a matter of affirming it.

One of the most important sites in Islam's history has now been identified and surveyed, owing to US spy satellite images ...

Some of the world’s borders are just . . . weird. You know this very well if you’re a traveler, a student of history, or ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The 3,000-year-old map places the Ark beyond Mesopotamia, in an unknown land where jewels hang from trees instead of fruit.