New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural remains, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Archaeologists working in northern Iraq believe they may have uncovered the remains of an ancient city whose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For over 100 years, archaeologists have been flummoxed by a set of symbols discovered at an ancient temple in Iraq — until now. An ...

A Babylonian 'time capsule' buried for more than two millennia under the ruins of a ziggurat in modern-day Iraq has revealed never-before-seen details about the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar II. Two ...

Soar over Erbil (Hewlêr), the ancient capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a city that radiates outward from its 6,000-year-old heart. The drone captures the towering yellow-brick walls of the ...

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor. Now an international ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

Beirut — Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...

A researcher claims to have decoded an ancient set of symbols found in Iraq that have long puzzled experts. Image from the New York Public Library For over 100 years, archaeologists have been ...