Researchers found thousands of ancient irrigation canals up to 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) long carved into the landscape near ...

The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.

"In recent months, we have managed to recover more than 7,000 historically significant antiquities from ancient civilizations ...

No ancient city was so desired and feared ... when Saddam Hussein—then dictator of Iraq—set out to create a reconstruction of its royal palace. Like his predecessors, he left behind ...

"What makes this exhibit significant," explains, Michael Danti, Director of Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program, "is that our ...

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Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, ...

Researchers found thousands of ancient irrigation canals up to 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) long carved into the landscape near Basra in Iraq, which at the time was the Eridu region of Mesopotamia. ...

"What makes this exhibit significant," explains, Michael Danti, Director of Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program, "is that our excavations inside of one of the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh ...