Excavations by the Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission at a site in Northern Kuwait's Al-Subiyah desert have uncovered a bizarre-looking clay head representative of the culture of a prehistoric ...

The Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission (KPAM) has discovered a rare figurine (which mirrors statues from the Mesopotamian Ubaid culture) and evidence of local pottery production at Bahra 1. It is a ...

A team of archaeologists from the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute has joined a team of Syrian colleagues in excavating a key site from the prehistoric society that formed the foundation of ...

The prehistoric cultures of Mesopotamia gave rise to literacy, bureaucracy, agriculture, and modern cities. And now a nearly-untouched city in Syria will give us a peek at what urban life was like ...

Archaeologists in Turkey's Hatay province have uncovered five human footprints dating back to around 5200 BC. The rare discovery, announced on September 30, was found preserved at Tell Kurdu Höyük, ...

Thirty-one acres in extent, Tell Zeidan is situated where the Balikh River joins the Euphrates River in modern-day Syria. The location was at the crossroads of major trade routes across ancient ...