Dhi Qar Governorate

Located near the modern city of Nasiriyah, in southern Iraq, the ancient city of Girsu was occupied by the Sumerian civilization from the 3rd millennium BC

Iraqi archaeological marvels that have survived millennia and the ravages of war now face a modern threat: Being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change.

Ancient Babylonian treasures, painstakingly unearthed, are slowly disappearing again under wind-blown sand in a land parched by rising heat and prolonged droughts.

A British citizen was sentenced on June 6 by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artifacts out of the country, in a case that has attracted international attention.

The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton, shocked the court in Baghdad, including his defense attorney. He and his family have argued that Fitton, 66, had no criminal intent.

Iraqi protesters attacked houses of government officials and lawmakers in the southern province of Dhi Qar, according to a local police officer, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 30.

BELGRADE - Iraqi Minister of Transport's popularity in world media rapidly increased after his statement that ancient Sumerians, thousands of years ago, traveled to Pluto with their spacecrafts. Minister Kazem Finjan said that in the south of Iraq, in Dhi Qar, 5,000 years ago the first airport was built, reported The Independent.

Eight Byzantine-era tombs have been unearthed during the restoration of a building bearing the name famous Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi on ?stiklal Avenue in Istanbul?s Beyo?lu district. It was the first time such tombs were discovered in the area, according to officials.

An engineer working at Turkey's leading defense system producer Aselsan was found dead at his house on Jan. 15 in Ankara, Cihan News Agency has reported.

The latest excavation season has ended in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in the western province of Mu?la's Yata?an district. Professor Bilal Sö?üt, head of the excavations, said they had worked for some six months in 2014 with 50 academics and workers.

A group of playing pieces that have been unearthed in excavations in Siirt will be redesigned as a 3D game and introduced to the market by a Japanese expert and a US company A Japanese expert and a U.S. company have begun designing a 3D game using the 5,000-year-old playing pieces that were found during archaeological excavations in the southeastern province of Siirt.

Two ancient tomb covers, which were found during the rehabilitation of an underpass in Istanbul’s historical peninsula, have been delivered to Istanbul Archaeology Museum, but only after being damaged in the construction work.