For centuries the area was given life by the spring floodwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the marshes have been in decline since Saddam Hussein accused the region’s inhabitants of ...

The not-so-secret command post is cocooned in 2,000 feet of granite and houses a power plant, water supply, food stores, a ...

A journalist reflects on travels through war-torn Iraq, Vietnam and describes the enduring parts of modern warfare that are ...

With the help of declassified spy satellite images from the United States, a team of archaeologists from the United Kingdom’s ...

People don't often realize just how much the ancient Greeks impacted our modern-day society. It's truly amazing learning about how advanced some of these historical figures were, making discoveries ...

With Christmas just a day away, meteorologists have a good idea at which states might see fresh snowfall on the holiday for a white Christmas. Newer forecasts imply that parts of 10 states might ...

A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ...

Brits are bracing for a huge Arctic blast set to strike on New Year's Day, with multiple cities in the firing line for snow and temperatures as low as -4C. According to new weather maps from ...

Photo from the Penn Museum Ancient invaders tore through a massive temple complex in modern-day Iraq, taking what they liked and destroying what they didn’t. The looting ended in a blaze as the ...