An international group of archaeologists recently discovered a vast, well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals near Eridu in southern Iraq, regarded as the world’s first city. The discovery ...

On March 19, 2003, the U.S. initiated war on Iraq with what it called a massive "shock and awe" bombing campaign that lit up the skies, laid waste to large sections of the country and paved the way ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraq has a rich historical legacy, but it often goes unnoticed due to conflicts. Archaeologists have found a large collection of ...

Twenty years ago, on May 12, 2003, I crossed a US Navy-built bridge into southern Baghdad and a world most people knew only from TV coverage. The capital city had fallen about a month earlier to US ...