There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

Rising from the plains of southern Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Ur was built around 2050 BCE as a sacred link between heaven and earth. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, it stood at the heart of one of ...

Allen Morris Co. has proposed the Ziggurat condo, office and retail building in MIami's Coconut Grove MIR To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript ...

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its creators pull that off? Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania ...

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UR/BABYLON, Iraq, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq's ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early communities harnessed predictable tides for irrigation, but when deltas ...

Will President Trump’s East Wing ballroom hold 650 people, or 999, as Mr. Trump said this week? Or maybe it will hold 1,350 people, according to a drawing Mr. Trump held up in the Oval Office this ...

Iberdrola (OTCPK:IBDRY) (OTCPK:IBDSF) is seeking a partner to sell a 49% stake in the East Anglia 2 offshore wind farm in the U.K., according to Spanish media reports late last week. The renewable ...

Pawtucket is once again seeking a developer to revitalize the area around the former Apex department store. The city's previous redevelopment effort was paused in an unsuccessful attempt to convince ...

From next year, UEA will offer undergraduate courses in Lahore through a partnership with ICL, a Pakistani higher education institution providing local students access to internationally recognised ...