Aknaf Al Sawary Travel Agency works with other international agencies to provide tourists with full-service tours of this underexplored and ...

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument, and the ...

UR/BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq's ancient ...

BABYLON, Iraq – Standing next to the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, the U.S. ambassador inaugurated a provincial reconstruction team in central Iraq on Monday – launching a civilian-led ...

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three decades of lobbying efforts by Iraq. Iraq had been ...

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - The ancient city of Babylon, first referenced in a clay tablet from the 23rd century B.C., was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Friday, after a vote that ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection/Age ...

Climate change raises salt levels around ancient Babylon Salinity corrodes ruins of humanity's oldest monuments Archaeologist laments lack of government funding RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq, Oct 28 (Thomson ...