The settlement at Göbekli Tepe preceded the Pyramids of Giza by 7,000 years, preceded writing by 6,000 years, and the Ziggurat of Ur and the Indus Valley Civilisation by 5,000 years. The only ...

Iraq's ancient monuments, including the Ziggurat of Ur, face urgent erosion risks due to climate change and rising salinity.

Dry weather is increasing salinity in soil and damaging ruins of cities such as Ur, birthplace of Biblical patriarch Abraham, ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

Iraqi heritage officials warn that climate change is stripping southern Mesopotamia of its treasures, as soaring heat, ...

Under the patronage of Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Music Commission Prince Bader bin ...

A recently published study in PLOS ONE is reshaping scientific understanding of the rise of urban civilization in ancient ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

The Ziggurat of Jiroft, known also as the Konar Sandal Ziggurat, is an ancient monument located in Jiroft in the southern Iranian province of Kerman, a place that some say is Iran’s cradle of ...

The Helsmiths of Hashut are all up for pre-order this weekend. Is it time to start a new army for Age of Sigmar?