These wetlands in the southern part of the country were once among the world’s most distinctive landscapes, nurturing an ...

:: Ahmed Fakak al-Badrani, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Iraq "It is a great honor on this day to receive a large number of antiquities, including those brought over by the prime ...

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

The renovation of the ancient city of Ur in the southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar is expected to cost about $14.5 million.

On June 18, Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid presided over a ceremony in Baghdad Palace to receive an Assyrian artifact from the 8th century BCE, which had been returned to Iraq by the Italian ...

The 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned to Iraq contains text in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet. (Murtaja Lateef/AFP) Baghdad (AFP) -- Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet ...

WHY IRAQ? WHY NOW? Long overlooked and often misunderstood, Iraq is re-emerging as a destination of profound cultural and historical significance. Known as the heart of ancient Mesopotamia - where ...

(AINA) -- The reopening of the Egyptian Museum stands as a powerful symbol of cultural rebirth and national pride. Egypt, one of the world's oldest civilizations, has long recognized that the ...

Aknaf Al Sawary Travel Agency works with other international agencies to provide tourists with full-service tours of this underexplored and largely undiscovered country of Iraq. Iraq, November 20, ...

In 2021, adventurer Leon McCarron traveled the length of the Tigris River from its source in southeastern Turkey through Iraq’s marshes and into the saline Arabian Gulf. To do so, he assembled an ...

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Iraq holds provincial elections on Saturday, its first elections since 2005. Here are a few facts about Iraq: * ANCIENT IRAQ:-- Iraq's territory includes much of ancient Mesopotamia ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...