30 May 2022
The 3400-year-old city belonging to a mysterious Kingdom emerged from the Tigris river
Archaeologists from Germany and Kurdistan have discovered a 3,400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city on the Tigris River.…
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Mesopotamia
6 April 2022
4000-year-old boat salvaged near the ancient city of Uruk one of the most important cities in ancient Mesopotamia
A team of archaeologists from the Iraqi German Mission of the State Board of Antiquities and…
8 March 2022
Ancient Hebrew “Incantation Bowls” discovered in a home in Israel
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Monday that 1,500-year-old magical "incantation bowls" and other rare and…
19 January 2022
Mysterious Rods Found in 5,500-year-old Tomb identified to Be Earliest Drinking Straws
Russian archaeologists argue that the rods unearthed in an early bronze age tomb in the Caucasus…
17 January 2022
Ancient Mesopotamians bred horse-like hybrids
New research finds that Mesopotamians were utilizing hybrids of domesticated donkeys and wild asses to drive…
17 December 2021
Glazed Bricks with Bull and Dragon Motifs Discovered at Persepolis
A team of Iranian and Italian archaeologists recently unearthed some glazed bricks bearing bull and dragon…
28 November 2021
Iraq’s historic Arch of Ctesiphon undergoes restoration work
Iraq's Arch of Ctesiphon, the world's largest brick-built arch, is having restoration work to return it…
9 November 2021
Archaeologists reconstructing how the Assyrian army conquered the ancient Judean city of Lachish 2700 years ago
Archaeologists discovered how King Sennacherib's soldiers constructed the huge siege ramp that enabled them to defeat…
24 October 2021
Archaeologists in Iraq find 2,700-year-old wine press
Stone bas-reliefs carved into the walls of an irrigation canal some nine kilometers (5.5 miles) long,…
17 October 2021
The world’s earliest drawing of a ghost discovered in the British Museum vault
The world's earliest drawing of a ghost has been unearthed in the gloomy vaults of the…