Mesopotamia was one of the cradles of civilization 6000 years ago, located in the fertile valley between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, it was the birthplace of current day society and the first ...

That Abraham lived near the brick tower of the Ziggurat of Ur and other discoveries closely related to Biblical history are claimed in a report of C. Leonard Woolley, the noted archeologist in charge ...

TALIL, Iraq - Four Task Force 38 Soldiers toured the historical Ziggurat of Ur near Contingency Operating Base Adder in Talil, Iraq, during their Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments. During their tour ...

UR — A way long time ago, the Ubaidians settled the southern part of Iraq, and started a town near where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers then drained into the Persian Gulf. The territory was ...

Today fulfilled a longtime wish for me: I got to go with a group of soldiers and a few other civilians to tour the grounds of the Ziggurat of Ur, which stands right outside Camp Adder/Talil. I could ...

A 3-D laser-scan animation of the Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq. The video was created from a scan of the monument captured in 2015 for the CyArk Archive by the volunteer documentary team On the ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq Aca,!" One can travel the world from the Acropolis in Athens to the pyramids of the ancient Mayan Empire and find no structure older or more emblematic of ...

Picking one period or dynasty to represent the entirety of this era was far too difficult. So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be ...

There are 14 Notes tied to the “Atonements” story quest. These are pages, books, photos, and several other items that you find throughout the region. Here is the full breakdown of where to find all of ...