Sumerian palace

A Sumerian palace discovered recently in modern-day Iraq dates back 4,500 years and is considered to contain the key to understanding one of the first civilizations in human history. Since 2015, a team of British Museum-affiliated archaeologists has been excavating...

Archaeologists uncovered signs that Alexander the Great was worshipped as a divine figure in an ancient temple in Iraq. Scientists had been puzzled by the discovery of more recent Greek inscriptions at the ancient Sumerian temple of Girsu, in the...