Thought to be around 2,000 years old, some believe the clay jar to be an ancient battery. If that is correct, a new study claims it would have been more powerful than we thought.

Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

Iraq’s tourism authority announced on Monday the development of a strategy to attract 10 million foreign tourists.

A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid. Ziggurats were common in ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq) from around 4,000 ...

In an intriguing new study published by Chemistry World, scientists have revisited the enigmatic Baghdad battery, a 2,000-year-old artifact that may have been used as an ancient form of a battery.

When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the ...

The formal study of science diplomacy rests on three pillars: science for diplomacy (advice informing policy), diplomacy for science ...

A collage of two images: the upper photo shows Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu celebrating Mimouna, the traditional ...

In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence on ...

Raqqa, Jan. 20 (SANA) Qasr al-Banat, an 11th-century palace southeast of the Syrian city of Raqqa, remains one of the area’s most important archaeological sites. It has survived centuries of conflict ...

These movements have occurred through borders left effectively outside federal Iraqi military control, while forces loyal to the Barzani leadership exercise de facto authority over border crossings, ...