This astronaut photograph, taken from the International Space Station, illustrates the undulating patterns formed by the geology of the Zagros Mountains in southern Iran. The image shows a ...

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An international team of archaeologists and geologists has discovered beneath the foundations of the Ishtar Temple in Assur (or Ashur, Iraq) a thick layer of sand, deliberately placed there more than ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface ...

A mysterious ancient fort may have been found in northern Iraq, having been known before only because of a handful of ancient coins. Archaeologist Michael Brown of Germany's Heidelberg University and ...

Researchers report early evidence of goat domestication in Iran's Zagros Mountains. The initial domestication of several species, including goats, occurred in the Fertile Crescent during the Aceramic ...

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It is becoming a habit in Iraq that as soon as a new revolutionary regime has knocked off its predecessor, it then makes peace overtures to the rebellious Kurdish tribesmen holed up in the Zag ros ...

What you need to know. Tectonic changes are forcing the Zagros Mountains region in Iraq to sink. These processes take tens of millions of years to occur. Studies into the transformation of the region ...

Indentation of several goat hooves in a brick from the archaeological site of Ganj Dareh. (Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change Project') The DNA samples were sourced from the ...

For travelers who love nature, the ancient land offers many unforgettable experiences from adventure and wildlife watching to quiet retreats in serene settings and from adventure under the stars to ...