Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

Saudi Arabia has suspended planned construction of a colossal cube-shaped skyscraper at the center of a downtown development ...

Projects in focus now include infrastructure for World Expo 2030 and the 2034 World Cup, the sprawling $60bn Diriyah ...

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed ...

Two small clay cylinders, buried for roughly 2,500 years in the ruins of an ancient temple tower, have given archaeologists the first written proof that a Mesopotamian king restored the great ziggurat ...

Two small clay cylinders, pulled from the soil of central Iraq, have given Nebuchadnezzar II his first clear voice at the ancient city of Kish. Their cuneiform inscriptions describe how the ...

On a serene plain in southwestern Iran, the stepped ziggurat of Tchogha Zanbil has stood for more than 3,500 years, making it the best-preserved ziggurat outside Mesopotamia and one of the rare ...

West Sacramento has approved the first phase of a major riverfront development project, which includes a hotel and housing.

Featuring some 80 artifacts, a show at the Wolfsonian–Florida International University revisits these exhilarating, ...

New analysis of ancient Mesopotamian medical prescriptions suggests that, in a small but striking set of cases, patients were instructed to seek out the sanctuary of a deity as part of their healing ...

Allen Morris Company secured the million construction loan for a Ponce Park condo development in Coral Gables.