A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have ... the UNESCO-listed archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two remarkably well-preserved shrines, among other notable finds, at an ancient temple that was devastated by a fire around 2,600 years ago. The discoveries came to ...

A 3-D rendering from Project Mosul of a lamassu at Nimrud projectmosul.org Project ... decided to do what they could. So the two archaeology graduate students launched Project Mosul, a website ...

By 863 B.C., Assyria’s capital moved from nearby Nimrud to Nineveh ... cities of the premodern era and one of the richest archaeological sites in the world. Covering almost 20 square miles ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the search for archaeological sites, and nowhere is this clearer than in South America. As with all AI use—at least for now—human experts are ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

In a one-of-a-kind discovery, archaeologists working within the Saqqara necropolis (south of Cairo, Egypt) found a pink ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Anahita Temple, the second glorious stone building after Persepolis in Iran, has been constructed on a natural hill by using the platform method. Anahita in ancient Persian ...

The aerial survey was carried out over the ancient city of Old Jiroft and the smaller site known as Qal’eh Kuchak (Small Fortress), the official said on Monday. “The project aims to enhance the ...