Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in ...

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

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

"This restoration will enhance the museum's infrastructure, showcase more historical pieces, and attract more visitors with a ...

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

Assyrian antiquities dated around 3000 BC displayed in the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on November 28, 2018. (Sabah Arar/AFP) Iraq's General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage announced on ...

Over 200 administrative tablets and around 50 cylinder seal impressions of Akkadian administrators have been uncovered by archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq's State Board of ...

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.

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 ...