The discovery took place in 1936, by workers from the Iraqi State Railways Department, on a hill in Kujut Rabua, a village southeast of Baghdad, in an old tomb they had just unearthed. The site is ...

Dalrymple contends that ancient India transformed nations ... reflects his father's studies in Kashmir, helped plan Baghdad as a circular city, probably inspired by the mandala.

Memories like these reenact themselves in my mind now as we drive through the city, and for a moment I imagine I've returned to Baghdad the way a ghost might haunt the world it once inhabited.

The ancient round city is located in the north, and to the west is Saddam International Airport. The roads in Baghdad are wide, particularly west of the Tigris, where many government buildings ...

His vast empire, encompassing several sumptuous palaces dotted across the entire oil-rich Gulf state, has crumbled to just a few secure tunnels deep underneath the ancient city of Baghdad.

The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.

The recent discovery of an inscribed clay tablet at the site of an ancient city near modern Baghdad has made possible the translation of a 3,500-year-old agricultural handbook ...

The round city. By 814, Baghdad was the world's largest city with ... The scholars worked together to translate ancient Roman and Greek texts on subjects like algebra, medicine, astronomy.

The Ancient Church of the East is set ... remaining faithful to their church and staying in Baghdad despite the challenges faced by the city. The appointment of a young and educated Patriarch ...