Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army ...

Archaeologists have located the site of an important seventh-century battle in southern Iraq by using Cold War satellite ...

Declassified 1970s-era US spy satellite images have led archaeologists to the site of a historic battlefield that ended in a ...

Qadisiyah, the Arab army emerged victorious and continued its march into Persia, contributing to the spread of Islam beyond ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.

A CLEVER team of scientists have managed to decipher the world’s oldest map and claim it may show the location of “Noah’s Ark ...

While all attention has been on the U.S. elections this week, Iraq is at risk of falling apart at the seams as the Middle ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah saw the unlikely triumph of a small Arab Muslim army over the dominant power in what is now ...

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Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of Islam ...