The latest finds--graves and skeletal remains--were uncovered across three layers: Parthian, Hellenistic-Seleucid, and the ...

Did you know that Iraq holds the distinction of having the most artifacts in the British Museum outside of the UK? These ...

The Acropolis Museum in Athens presents *“Allspice – Michael Rakowitz and Ancient Cultures,”* a powerful new exhibition exploring themes of cultural loss, war, and restitution. Running from May 12 to ...

Located at Tel Shiqmona in coastal Israel, the facility turned sea snails into purple dye at an industrial scale ...

What's more, ancient Assyrian artifacts located in the historic Nimrud and Tikrit were desecrated or outright destroyed by ISIS militants. With the nightmarish circumstances faced by Assyrian ...

Hasanlu Golden Bowl Festival, held in Naghadeh, West Azarbaijan province, has been officially registered in the calendar of ...

Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly supplying First Temple in Jerusalem ...

Home to ancient Mesopotamia, Iraq’s contributions include many key artifacts from early civilization. The Assyrian reliefs and the cuneiform tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal are among ...

Discover the Imago Mundi, the 2,600-year-old Babylonian world map from Sippar, Iraq. Learn how it blends geography, myth & ...

“Tel Shiqmona stands out because it yielded roughly twice as many artifacts directly connected ... The purple and azure dyes were also mentioned in Assyrian sources, including Sennacherib ...