A ground-penetrating eye in the sky has helped to rehydrate an ancient southern Mesopotamian city, tagging it as what amounted to a Venice of the Fertile Crescent. Identifying the watery nature of ...

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Archaeologists working at a long-buried city in northern Iraq have unearthed clues that could rewrite part of Mesopotamia’s hidden story. The site, Kurd Qaburstan, sits in the Erbil region and may ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought. Recent excavations at Kurd ...

It's party time in the Fertile Crescent, or it's about to be, anyway. Mesopotamia-themed city-building game Nebuchadnezzar is about to see its long-awaited 1.3 update, which the developers have ...

Hatra, Iraq - Over 2 000 years ago this thriving Mesopotamian oasis city welcomed caravans of camels carrying travelers between East and West, twice held back Roman invaders, and was famous for its ...

In eastern Europe, in Ukraine, a site discovered more than fifty years ago is drawing renewed attention from researchers. A team of archaeologists believes it may be one of the oldest cities in the ...