On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

The Nineveh International Film Festival in Mosul showcases 398 films from 15 countries, marking a cultural revival for the ...

In the 1840s, archeologists excavating the ancient city of Nineveh found tens of thousands of clay tablets that had hardened in the blaze. Gilgamesh was among the literature found, per the podcast ...

Stars were "the heavenly writing"; a sheep's liver was "the tablet of the gods". You have a date palm with two tops? People here are hostile to you. Your gate creaks? You're at risk of attack. It was ...

The UN body has brought several religious and other buildings in the Iraqi city back to life as part of an $115m programme ...

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh.

In Mosul's Old City, the Housh al-Bai'ah complex ... the Armenian Church, and the ancient Al-Tahira Church located at the intersection of Nabi Korkis Street and the Nineveh Road in the heart of Old ...

Menander described Sirkap as being the size of Nineveh ... city. Sirkap is also a major pilgrimage site for Pakistani Christians. Much like Sirkap, Kashmir, which lies in the northernmost corner of ...