In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around irrigated farmland. Flooded terrace fields for rice, corn and quinoa accompanied the spread of civilization in ...

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Rising from the plains of southern Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Ur was built around 2050 BCE as a sacred link between heaven and earth. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, it stood at the heart of one of ...

While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

Iraq holds a clear historical edge over Jordan, boasting 21 wins in 34 official and friendly meetings, compared to just 8 ...

Excavations show Christians and Zoroastrians coexisted in 5th-century Mesopotamia, revealed through early architecture at ...

The end of a myth: The Fennecs secure their first win against Iraq! The Algerian national team pulled off a sensation this ...

The Fennecs secure their first win against Iraq!Algeria vs Iraq / @x.com/la_vagueverte/The Algerian national team pulled off a sensation this Tuesday, brilliantly defeating Iraq ...

We have an alarming problem right now in Georgia schools concerning chronic absenteeism. About 19.5% of our beautiful students in 2024-25 missed 10% or more days of school.

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic ...

Around 2112 B.C., the Sumerian king Ur-Namma (r. 2112–2095 B.C.) united the city-states of southern Mesopotamia into a short-lived kingdom known today as the Third Dynasty of Ur, or Ur III. More than ...

The ancient Abu Dhabi Pearl is among the pieces on display at the Zayed National Museum, which opened this week.