More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

Dalrymple contends that ancient India transformed nations and ... whose intellect reflects his father's studies in Kashmir, helped plan Baghdad as a circular city, probably inspired by the mandala.

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 Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.

Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned ... and they also use special ‘medicines’ for our 1,950 ancient manuscripts because those too are very valuable.” Small groups of students ...

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This story appears in the July 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. I haven't returned to Baghdad to be a war tourist, attuning my eyes to the many long shadows cast by trauma, but it's ...

An ancient Islamic nomad is giving up his camel-hair tent and has designed his own ‘forever’ family home to settle in Baghdad. He explains his reasons for a lifestyle change and why its ...

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 ...

The Ancient Church of the East is set to inaugurate its new Patriarch, His Grace, Mar Gewargis Younan, in a ceremony to be held in Baghdad on 9 June 2023. Nassem Sadiq spoke to His Grace ...