A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) professor Enrique Jiménez has used AI to decipher a 1,000-year-old ancient hymn singing ...

AN ANCIENT hymn lost for 4,000 years on a Babylonian tablet has finally been deciphered using artificial intelligence (AI).

Scholars have found a 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn praising the city, its citizens, and deity Marduk, with the help of A.I.

It seems that Baghdad is in the news every day as a result of the war in Iraq, but once upon a time, this ancient city was a leading world center of culture and education. Here’s a brief look at ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- It took 12 centuries for Baghdad to fall from its zenith, awash in cultural and material riches, to become the frayed, delusionally grandiose city that the United States is ...

An archaeological dig in Al-Suwaira, some 60km south of Baghdad, has revealed an ancient Parthian (247BC to 224AD) city and unearthed more than 200 artefacts.

Temperatures in Baghdad range from around 2C in winter to 45C in the summer – but ancient Arabic writings have revealed that the city experienced a dramatic frozen period around 1,000 years ago.

Baghdad After the Storm. Despite hardships and lingering violence, residents imagine a new version of the ancient city.

Baghdad has a history dating back to ancient Mesopotamia and was later one of Islam’s great capitals. But Saddam Hussein’s closed regime left the modern city unknown to the outside world.

Baghdad may be the most important city in the world right now. It is where thousands of American soldiers have been heading since the Iraqi war started three weeks ago, and where many are now ...