Iraq has a rich historical legacy, but it often goes unnoticed due to conflicts. Archaeologists have found a large collection of ancient stone tools in Iraq. In total, they found over 850 objects in ...

On March 20, 2003, a U.S.-led coalition began its invasion of Iraq. Approximately one month later, on April 10, 2003, U.S.

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...

Iraq's foreign minister announced on Tuesday the retrieval of various artifacts and textured paintings from Japan and Switzerland. Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in ...

Iraq has retrieved over 40,000 stolen ancient artifacts smuggled outside of the country in the past four years from around the world, according to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeologists from the Free University of Brussels (VUB), led by archaeologist Ella Egberts, unearthed ancient stone tools in Iraq's Western Desert. According to Arkeonews.net, the team discovered ...

ICE returned 3,800 ancient artifacts, including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and clay bullae, to the Republic of Iraq. (ICE photo) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned 3,800 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A 3,500-year-old clay ...

Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit thousands of ancient artifacts smuggled out of Iraq and imported to the U.S., camouflaged as tiles and tile samples, according to the U.S.

Archaeologist Eckart Frahm didn't have much time to determine where the 4,000-year-old clay tablets had come from. Homeland Security officials had given him just 2 1/2 days in a dimly lit New York ...

Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, stated that the recovered items include "the statue of the sun god, Maran Shamash, and rare murals from the 8th century B.C.