Madain (Iraq) (AFP) – Iraq's 1,400-year-old Arch of Ctesiphon, the world's largest brick-built arch, is undergoing restoration work as part of efforts to return it to its former splendour ...

MADAIN, IRAQ—The Arch of Ctesiphon, the world’s largest brick-built arch and a major tourist attraction, will be restored by a Czech company. Last year, heavy rains caused a large slab of the ...

in southern Iraq. The temple pyramid was hit by at least 400 shells that took out "big chunks" from the structure, Gibson says. The future of the 2,000-year-old ruin at Ctesiphon -- just outside ...

I thought again about the shepherd at Ctesiphon, and the reasons why I’d come. Iraq is not for everyone, but then not every journey needs to be an escape. Iraq is different; it’s an ...

Yet the government of Iraq insists all that will soon be in ... "liberation" in 2003 as American troops looked on, the Arch of Ctesiphon was hit by shrapnel in the 1991 war, US forces camped ...

The modern state of Iraq was an imperial fiction of the 20th century that now barely exists. The name “Iraq” has ancient origins, probably from the Sumerian city of Uruk, birthplace of writing ...

The arch of the Taq Kasra in Ctesiphon, Iraq. This was the main palace of the Sassanian capital. (Credit: Karl Oppolzer/Wikimedia Commons) The arch of the Taq Kasra in Ctesiphon, Iraq. This was the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq's 1,400-year-old Arch of Ctesiphon, the world's largest brick-built arch, is undergoing restoration work as part of efforts to return it to its former splendour ...

On the anniversary of the US-led invasion, tour operators are returning to the country and — despite official warnings — their trips are selling out ...