13 July 2026
Sasanian Artefacts Unearthed as Road Projects Expose 14 Archaeological Sites Around Erbil
Two major road projects in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have led archaeologists to previously unexplored…
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Mesopotamia
11 July 2026
Ancient Cuneiform Records Reveal Three Forgotten Kings of Assyria
In 763 BCE, the sun disappeared over Assyria. The total solar eclipse was carefully recorded by…
9 July 2026
Broken Ribs on 6,000-Year-Old Infant from Syria May Be Among Earliest Evidence of Child Abuse
A 6,000-year-old infant skeleton from Tell Brak in northeastern Syria may preserve one of the earliest…
25 June 2026
2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Stele Discovered at Nineveh’s Ancient Sun Gate
Archaeologists in northern Iraq have uncovered a large Assyrian stone stele at Bab Shamash, one of…
12 June 2026
Archaeologists Discover ‘Mesopotamia’s Pompeii’ in Iraq: A 4,000-Year-Old City Destroyed by War
A University of Central Florida (UCF) led excavation in northern Iraq has revealed what researchers are…
30 April 2026
Nineveh’s Shamash Gate Reveals Ashurbanipal Stele and Two Disasters 2,600 Years Apart
The Shamash Gate at Nineveh has revealed evidence of two violent chapters in the history of…
21 April 2026
4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets Reveal Ancient Magic Rituals from Syria’s Lost Temple Archive
A newly analyzed collection of over 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets is shedding fresh light on how ancient…
19 February 2026
How Sumerians in Mesopotamia Perfected Asphalt-Like Materials 4,000 Years Ago
More than 4,000 years ago, long before highways and petroleum refineries, Sumerian craftspeople in southern Mesopotamia…
31 January 2026
Archaeologists Rediscover Alexandria on the Tigris, a Lost City Founded by Alexander the Great
For centuries, one of the most important cities of the ancient world lay hidden beneath dust,…
27 January 2026
A Mysterious Sand Layer Beneath an Ancient Assur Temple: A Unique Discovery in Northern Mesopotamia Rewriting the Origins of the Goddess Ishtar
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in northern Iraq reveals that a mysterious layer of sand beneath an…