Life is hard. Who was the first person to say these grim words? I was hoping AI would provide the answer but it spectacularly ...

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

Under the Belt and Road Initiative, cultural exchanges between China and the UAE have flourished. Mubarak reaffirmed his ...

WHY IRAQ? WHY NOW? Long overlooked and often misunderstood, Iraq is re-emerging as a destination of profound cultural and historical significance. Known as the heart of ancient Mesopotamia - where ...

China's use of rammed earth to make loess platforms with wooden structures on top, evolved from the Loess Plateau and ...

Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

The fear of vampires did not begin with Dracula. Several thousand years ago, the ancient Mesopotamians had already recorded ...

Blackstreet scored a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit in 1996 with “No Diggity” featuring Dr. Dre, which spent four weeks at the ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Steppes Travel has launched its first Iraq tour – a 12-day journey through Mesopotamia's ancient wonders with an artist and ...