By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani has inaugurated the Al-Amarah Unified Major Water Project, a 16,000 ...

Priests, princes, or plenty? The only way to answer these questions is to dig deep, and this is what archaeologists have done for hundreds of years in the tall mounds of built-up mudbrick that are the ...

Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...

DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.

Archaeologists have a discovered a strange abundance of teenagers’ remains at “one of the richest” ancient Mesopotamian grave ...

The visual transformation of the river is already apparent. Once known for its shimmering blue waters, the Tigris has taken ...

Al-Adhaim River is one of the main tributaries of the Tigris River, it has three main tributaries: Khassa Soo, Aq Soo, and ...

In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...

At the very least, it's been one of history's most important rivers, rivaled only by the Tigris, Euphrates, and Indus Rivers for significance to the earliest human civilizations. As much as we focus ...

Just over half the world's population shares a river or lake basin with at least one other country. To sustainably manage ...

The most fun you can have collecting cubes. Check out Thomas' review of the venerable and classic Tigris & Euphrates from Dr. Reiner Knizia.