Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical ... William Deadman, a specialist in archaeological remote sensing at Durham University ...

Researchers have identified the site of the ancient Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, dating back nearly 1,500 years, using declassified U.S. spy satellite images. A team of archaeologists from Durham ...

After IS declared a caliphate in the summer of 2014, thousands of archaeological sites in Iraq fell into the hands of its fighters. Terrible acts of vandalism followed, with videos released by the ...

“This is an archaeological site, and someone came and claimed to ... According to the Chaldean primate, Card Louis Raphael Sako, Iraq’s archaeological heritage has great economic, historical ...

The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

Iraq is home to some of the world's most ancient cities, including Babylon. But years of turmoil have seen many archaeological sites looted and damaged by militants and military action.

Researchers have identified the site of the ancient Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, dating back nearly 1,500 years, using ...

The discovery comes as part of a broader project launched in 2015 to document endangered archaeological sites in the region. It also comes at the time of a resurgence of archeology in Iraq ...

A joint team of archaeologists from Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site while ...