The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...

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

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Rocco Palermo has been awarded a prestigious Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship in the amount of $35,000. The fellowship will ...

(250324) -- MOSUL, March 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows a view of the archaeological site of ...

This photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows a view of the archaeological site of the ancient city of Ashur, in Al-Shirqat, Iraq.

This photo taken on March 3, 2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy.