The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. The site of the Hanging Gardens of ...

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...

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

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...