Ancient artifacts unearthed in Iraq shed light on hidden History of Mesopotamia: results of the fieldwork summary of the 2024 season at Kurd Qaburstan
A new study about how people in the ancient Mesopotamian region (within modern day Iraq) experienced emotions in their bodies thousands of years ago
The origin of writing in Mesopotamia is tied to designs engraved on ancient cylinder seals; the study has been published in Antiquity
New discoveries found in Iraqi Kurdistan key to the emergence of agriculture and first city-states: the UAB archaeological project
Revealed: face of Shanidar Z, a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from the cave where species supposedly buried their dead
The Ancient City of Giddan/Eddana (Anqa, Iraq), the ‘Forgotten Twin’ of Dura-Europos,” identifies the city of Anqa as a near mirror image of the Syrian one
The hypothesis that a possible Anahita shrine is part of the Rabana-Merquly mountain fortress is based mainly on finds of architectural extensions
People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago
Cold War satellite imagery reveals 396 previously undocumented Roman forts in Mesopotamia, from western Syria to northwestern Iraq
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built: in the 12,000 years before antiquity, the share of violent death rose at first and then fell back