Once abandoned and filled with rubbish, the tomb of Rabbi Isaac Gaon — a prominent Jewish figure from the 7th century — is now being restored by Iraq’s dwindli…

Until the First World War (1914-1918), most battle injuries were caused by small arms fire or sword cuts.  Facial injuries were often of little concern to surv…

For decades, three prized items told stories of ancient Mesopotamia from behind museum glass in foreign lands. As Sinan Mahmoud reports, they are now heading …

2,700 years ago, Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular discovery in the palace …