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Assyrian Shrines Excavated in Iraq

Features July/August 2024

Archaeologists return to Nineveh in northern Iraq, one of the ancient world’s grandest imperial capitals

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(Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project)

Features January 1, 2011

A section of the Assyrian capital of Ashur in central Iraq is gradually eroding into the Tigris River.

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Searching for Lost Cities May/June 2024

Iraq

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Tigris River in northern Iraq

(Photo by Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images)

Digs & Discoveries July/August 2023

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(© The Girsu Project)