Pope Francis's Iraq schedule. The pope's programme in Iraq includes visits to the cities of Baghdad, Najaf, Ur, Mosul, Qaraqosh and Erbil. He will traverse some 1,445 kms in a country where ...

Tourists are slowly beginning to return to the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, raising hopes among some locals. Iraq's ancient city of Ur: source of law, site of wonder - AL ...

The ancient city is the birthplace of the father of the three major monotheistic religions, a fitting backdrop for an interfaith dialogue, Pope Francis said. Pope speaks of interfaith tolerance from ...

BAGHDAD, March 10 (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 ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative ...

A project has been launched to record and map ancient sites in the Middle East before they are destroyed by warfare, looting and urban expansion.

Investigating Canals Across Time, From Space: Ur Takes A Step Back To See Ancient Networks. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2006 / 04 / 060411224311.htm ...

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 world’s oldest ...

Drone view shows the \"Ibrahim Al-Khalil\" church, which was built in an effort to attract tourists and Christians to the ancient city, after the Pope's visit to Ur in 2021, Iraq March 3, 2024.