The city calls the properties around Apex the "Downtown Gateway." It wants the developer to replace "current vacant, ...

Once the heart of Sumerian civilization, the Great Ziggurat of Ur rose above the Mesopotamian plains 4,000 years ago. Built to honor the moon god Nanna, this stepped temple stood as both a place of ...

For $100 million, Sotheby’s bought a masterpiece by Marcel Breuer, the former home of the Whitney Museum. It has a thoughtful ...

Dry weather is increasing salinity in soil and damaging ruins of cities such as Ur, birthplace of Biblical patriarch Abraham, and ancient capital Babylon, warn archaeologists ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq's ancient southern cities face erosion ...