Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural revival.

The ancient Greek wall painting decorating the tomb of King Philip of Macedonia comes back to life after archaeologists ...

And so it goes, the cycle of exile and remembrance, uprooting and rerooting. With the Passover holiday, those free can celebrate their freedom, and those who are rooted, their rootedness. Yet at the ...

Iraqi Kurds walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Akra, in Iraq's northern ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

Yet despite a wealth of data and new techniques including ancient DNA analysis ... of the earliest cities in what is now southern Iraq has been overlooked and underestimated.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic ... been uncovered by archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq's State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, shedding light on ...

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Iraq is looking to buy cargoes of liquefied natural gas for the first time as it faces uncertainty over supply from Iran, raising the prospect of electricity shortages. The country is in broad ...