The ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq is fighting for its survival, under siege from time, water and the perils of modern civilisation. Jane Arraf hears from the archaeologists trying to ...

But it's never been listed as a modern World Heritage Site by the United Nations. ... archaeologists working in the ruins of Babylon in present-day Iraq are hoping to change that.

An ancient poem written in the dying days of Mesopotamia has been rediscovered after more than 2,000 years. Researchers at ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

The Cyrus Cylinder is often considered the first charter of human rights, inscribed with the words of King Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument, and ...

RIP: Alexander died in Babylon -- modern-day Iraq -- at the age of just 32 after a mysterious two-week fever. Karar Essa/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Atlantis awaits: His tomb in Alexandria is ...

RIP: Alexander died in Babylon -- modern-day Iraq -- at the age of just 32 after a mysterious two-week fever. Karar Essa/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. Atlantis awaits: ...

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument, and ...