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Human skull fragments found in massive boneyard in hyenas' lava tube cave
In the Umm Jirsan lava tube, the longest such structure in Saudi Arabia, scientists discovered piles bones belonging to animals that hyenas devoured there for thousands of years.
US to return 'priceless' 3,500-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh tablet to Iraq 30 years after it was stolen
Discovered in 1853, the Epic of Gilgamesh caused a sensation through its telling of an ark that survived a great flood.
Mysterious 7,000-year-old stone structures may be part of prehistoric cattle cult
Sprawling rectangular structures scattered across northwest Arabia and dating back more than 7,000 years may have been part of a prehistoric cattle cult.
Pet dog buried 6,000 years ago is earliest evidence of its domestication in Arabia
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered bones at a burial site that reveal the domestication of dogs in the area happened much earlier than previously believed.
Ancient cultic area for warrior-god uncovered in Iraq
A 5,000-year-old cultic area dedicated to a Mesopotamian warrior god has been discovered in an ancient city in Iraq.
70,000-year-old Neanderthal remains may be evidence that 'closest human relative' buried its dead
These are the most complete articulated Neanderthal remains to be found in more than 25 years.
Photos: Squashed skull of 70,000-year-old Neanderthal discovered in cave
Archaeologists found the upper body of a Neanderthal who lived about 70,000 years ago.
Lost Palace of a Once-Mighty Empire Unearthed in Iraq
The site was part of the Mittani Empire, a kingdom of the Ancient Near East.
