CONTINGENCY OPERATION BASE ADDER, Iraq -Towering in the distance, visible from COB Adder, is one of the world's most famous ancient buildings: the Great Ziggurat of Ur. The Ziggurat was completed in ...

For the past six years, American and coalition forces have been battling Iraqi insurgents in and around Ur and throughout Iraq. Previously Iraq's most famous tourist destination, the ziggurat complex ...

BAGHADAD (Reuters) - Pope Francis is due to hold an inter-religious prayer service at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Ur when he visits Iraq next week - an event local archeologists hope will draw ...

UR, Iraq (AP) -- This is the place where civilization arose, where an ingenious race of people irrigated fields, forged agricultural tools and devised the written word. Some 6,000 years after this ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The bell of a new church built near Iraq's ancient city of Ur chimed for the first time last week as part of a push to lure back pilgrims to a country that is home to one of the ...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- In Nasiriyah, the capital city of Iraq's Dhi Qar Province, neighboring the ancient archaeological site of Ur, a modern airport is taking shape. A new control tower stands ...