A clay fragment no larger than a postcard sat untouched in a Baghdad storeroom for ages. Now its words sing again, thanks to ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning 2,700-year-old sculpture in Iraq, uncovering new details about the ancient Assyrian civilization. The incredible find, a lamassu-a mythical creature with the ...

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and ...

Researchers have rediscovered a long-lost Babylonian hymn from 1000 BCE, using artificial intelligence to piece together fragments scattered across the world. The hymn glorifies ancient Babylon’s ...

Mourners gathered Monday in Iran's capital to honor the unknown soldiers killed in the 1980–88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains ...

On Nov. 26, 2005, a 67-year-old textile tycoon in India, Vijaypat Singhania, set the world record for the highest flight in a ...

A 21-year-old Marine from the Tucson area has been killed in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced late this morning. Lance Cpl. Budd M. Cote, identified as being from Marana, was killed Dec. 11, ...

Pope Leo travelled early this morning to the 18th-century monastery in the mountainous region 25 miles north of Beirut, and ...

This phrase has existed in the centuries before Christ, and continues to be with us today. Citizens have always had this inner fire, built into our DNA. It is our nature to object to a power that runs ...

On Nov. 26, 2005, a 67-year-old textile tycoon in India, Vijaypat Singhania, set the world record for the highest flight in a ...

This phrase has existed in the centuries before Christ, and continues to be with us today. Citizens have always had this ...

NBC's Dateline aired an episode titled 'Without a Trace' in 2013. The episode featured the tragic murder of Carrie Olson, a 29-year-old woman from Davenport, Iowa, in 2014.