Archaeologists in northern Iraq have discovered the remains of a massive villa, royal gardens and other structures buried ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of what is now Iraq. Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project had ...

Walking into the ruins of Nimrud, an ancient Assyrian capital in Iraq's Nineveh province, Shafaq News' lens paused to take in what remains of one of the great civilizations in history. To the right ...

A large stone slab has emerged at the Shamash Gate of Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital near modern-day Mosul in northern Iraq. The gate, also known as the Sun Gate, has long been recognized by ...

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A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. Once the ...

Sardis occupied a strategic position beneath Mount Tmolus, overlooking the fertile Hermus River valley. Its steep acropolis ...