BAGHDAD — The myth of a unified Iraqi identity may have finally been laid to rest this month. More clearly than any other measurement since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, preliminary results from the Dec ...

The 6 July cover of Science features a 2700-year-old stone head from King Sargon II's capital of Dur-Sharrukin, today's Khorsabad in northern Iraq. Looters sawed the head off a statue in 1997, then ...

The modern state of Iraq has some of the oldest archaeological sites in the world. The region is often considered to be the cradle of human civilization. It was here that the first agricultural ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. George W. Bush has become a familiar name to Iraqis in the nearly six ...

Landscape, climate, population -- The beginnings of sedentary life (ca. 10,000-4000 BCE) -- The first urban society and the use of writing (ca. 4000-3200 BCE) -- City-states and the way toward the ...

The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, ...

Lions of Mesopotamia coach on Play-Off Tournament targets, social media bans and putting Iraq back on the global map.