In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent ...

A general view shows the Ziggurat of Ur ruins, ahead of the planned visit of Pope Francis, in Ur near Nassiriya BAGHADAD (Reuters) - Pope Francis is due to hold an inter-religious prayer service at ...

The ancient Mesopotamian site of Ur in Iraq will be the stage for an inter-religious prayer service held by Pope Francis next week. An event local archeologists hope will draw renewed attention to the ...

UR/BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) — Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq’s ancient ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Brig. Gen. Camille M. Nichols, commanding general with Joint Contracting Command - Iraq/Afghanistan, visited Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, March 27, ...

A caretaker climbs the stairs of the reconstructed Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq, which rises up near the settlement where Abraham was born, is this 1998 photo. Pope Francis will visit Ur during his March 5-8 ...

Follow our latest coverage of the Pope Francis trip to Iraq. On his second day of a three-day trip, Francis met Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a spiritual authority for many Shiite Muslims. He also ...

BOSTON (AP); Lt. Col. Rodney Freeman was training for the 2005 Boston Marathon when his New Hampshire Army National Guard unit shipped out to Iraq. Goodbye, Heartbreak Hill. Hello, Ziggurat of Ur. "I ...

This briefing has ended. Click here for our latest coverage of Francis’s visit to Iraq. On his third day in Iraq, Pope Francis visited a city reduced to rubble in the fight with the Islamic State, ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! BAGHADAD (Reuters) – Pope Francis is due to ...

BAGHADAD (Reuters) - Pope Francis is due to hold an inter-religious prayer service at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Ur when he visits Iraq next week - an event local archeologists hope will draw ...