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Andrew Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her future husband ... of-the-moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to Iraq. Then in her late 30s she was already a popular and ...

One of three stone tablets found in northeastern Iraq that may reveal more information ... the excavation site of Kurd Qaburstan is the ancient city of regional capital Qabra, but much of the ...

When British archaeologist Max Mallowan investigated the neo-Assyrian site of Nimrud in northern Iraq, he got help from ... soldiers in antiquity. The city of Nimrud, known as Calah in the Bible ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Most of the area now falls in modern-day Iraq. Cities were built along the ... Image caption, A restored Ziggurat in the ancient city of Ur. Mud-brick houses were built around a central courtyard ...

A Jacobin investigation reveals how Iraq’s southern ... The cities of Ur, said to be the birthplace of the prophet Abraham, and Uruk, the largest city in the world in 3000 BCE, were located ...

This musical instrument was found in the 1920s by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley during excavations at the Royal Cemetery at Ur, an ancient city in Mesopotamia that is now part of Iraq.

Egypt may have the Pyramids of Giza, but Iraq has the Ziggurat of Ur – an incredibly well-preserved engineering achievement that towers over the ruins of an important ancient city. Along a ...

An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide new ... Qaburstan is the ancient city of regional capital Qabra ...