Three ancient artifacts from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were officially returned to Iraq on Monday following a criminal investigation into looted antiquities.

Spanish officials recently unveiled a trove of priceless Ancient Roman coins, marking the first time the massive collection has been put on public display.

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy.

It was carved in 2,600 BC and was part of the collection of ancient cylinder seals which disappeared when the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Preserving Assyria will illuminate select artifacts from the Penn Museum's Near East collections, such as a stamp-inscribed brick from Tell Yarah, Iraq (near Mosul) written in the Sumerian language ...

The National Museum of the Marine Corps is set to open two new wings covering the Cold War and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Get an early preview of what’s inside.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has returned an ancient Sumerian copper alloy statute from the third millennium BC to authorities in Iraq. The museum acquired the ancient statue—which ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City returned a 3rd-century BCE Sumerian sculpture to Iraq, according to an announcement Tuesday, April 16.

A dig in northern Iraq has unearthed a 2,700-year-old alabaster sculpture of the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu, which was found largely intact despite its large dimensions.Only the head was missing ...

Baghdad, Iraq – Entering the Iraq National Museum in the centre of the capital Baghdad feels like travelling thousands of years back in time. Beyond the gates lives the legacy of Mesopotamia ...

FBI agents discovered a 2,700-year-old artifact, which had been stolen from Iraq, has been in Atlanta for years.