Scholars from across the empire flocked to the House of Wisdom, a state-sponsored library in Baghdad. Scribes translated ancient Roman ... in an early 20th-century postcard.

The Baghdad skatepark provides a welcome means of escape for young Iraqis in a country that has endured decades of conflict and crisis — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Rukaya al-Zubaidi placed a cautious foot on a ...

Baghdad (AFP) – Rukaya al-Zubaidi placed a cautious foot on a skateboard and then struggled to find her balance as others glided back and forth at Baghdad's first park dedicated to the sport ...

He has helped build marketing strategies for New York City icons, including the Chrysler and MetLife Buildings.see full bio Believe it or not, good old-fashioned postcards are still one of the ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, stated that the recovered items include ... along ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Iraq has retrieved several stolen archaeological pieces from Japan and Switzerland through intensive ...

Before the paparazzi and TMZ, we had to rely on celebrity postcards to get a glimpse into the private estates (and Christmas trees) of Hollywood’s finest. These vintage postcards from the 1920s ...

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ANKARA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday after talks in Baghdad that a joint battle using "all our resources" must be carried out to eliminate both Islamic ...