Many archaeologists believe the famed tower from the Book of Genesis may have had a real historical counterpart in ancient ...
A thick deposit of deliberately placed sand found beneath an ancient Mesopotamian temple is shaking up what we thought we knew about the origins of worship in northern Iraq. This surprising discovery ...
An aerial view of the Sumerian temple. Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to Ningirsu, the Mesopotamian god of springtime thunder, the ...