Declassified cold-war spy satellite images have thrown new light on the workings of the Roman empire by revealing hundreds of previously undiscovered forts, with dramatic…
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Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation
It has been described by the director of the British Museum as “one of the most fascinating sites” he has has ever visited, but the…
View More Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisationArchaeologists unearth 2,700-year-old rock carvings in Iraq
Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees from the Assyrian empire, an archaeologist has said. The carvings on…
View More Archaeologists unearth 2,700-year-old rock carvings in Iraq‘Apocalyptic skies’: the dust storms devastating Gulf states and Syria
Blankets of thick gritty haze and ominous orange skies since early April have sent thousands to hospitals and resulted in at least four deaths in…
View More ‘Apocalyptic skies’: the dust storms devastating Gulf states and Syria‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution
For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of darkness from the thick smoke, and nights were bright from the distant…
View More ‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollutionOpec member urges oil producers to focus more on renewable energy
The finance minister of Iraq, one of the founding members of the global oil cartel Opec, has made an unprecedented call to fellow oil producers…
View More Opec member urges oil producers to focus more on renewable energy‘Looking for a flamingo?’: bird trafficking in Iraq – in pictures
“Is it flamingos you’re looking for? Come to my place after 1pm,” whispers Mustafa Ahmed Ali from inside his small shop, which is buzzing with…
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