What has a curly beard that would make Santa Claus jealous, feathered wings and a muscular physique? No, it's not Ozzy Osbourne on tour - you are forgiven - it's the celestial being, the Lamassu. A ...
BEIRUT (AP) — A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor. Now an ...
A cleric points to ancient Assyrian rock carvings of animals at the Fayda Archaeological Park in Dohuk, Kurdistan region. Nestled in the Semel district of Duhok province, the Faida Archaeological Park ...
A team from the University of Konstanz has matched visible earthworks and buried structures at a site called Jebel Khayyaber, ...
Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds. Dozens of clay bowls may be evidence of one of the earliest government ...
A section of the Assyrian capital of Ashur in central Iraq is gradually eroding into the Tigris River. A section of the Assyrian capital of Ashur in central Iraq is gradually eroding into the Tigris ...