Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after ...

Archaeology often unveils artifacts that shed light on the mysteries of human history. Yet, some discoveries only deepen the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets ...

Through the Arabian Peninsula Indians were able to network with Egyptian civilisation to its West, the Levantine civilisation to its Northwest, the Mesopotamian civilisation to its Northeast and ...

In recent years, crises throughout the Middle East and North Africa have led to large-scale migration into Europe. This influx has sparked both concerns about straining limited government ...

During the 2024 excavation season, researchers uncovered two new shrines within the Temple of Ninurta in Nimrud, Iraq, which was devastated by fire around 2,600 years ago. According to ...

On Dec. 25, the royal family embarked on their annual Christmas Day walk to St. Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham in Norfolk, England. While George and Louis coordinated with their dad in ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...

Cuneiform inscriptions can be seen on this Kudurru found by Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists at Nimrud, Iraq. Credit: Courtesy of the Penn Museum Excavations at the ancient Temple of Ninurta in ...

Excavations at the ancient Temple of Ninurta in Nimrud, Iraq, revealed two new shrines. One shrine contained a monumental stone dais decorated with inscriptions from King Ashurnasirpal II, while the ...

The discoveries came to light during excavations in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, located in what ... Assyria was a major civilization of ancient Mesopotamia—a historic region centered ...