Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city.

An ancient Roman artifact dropped into the huge crater left by the flood. Photo from the Municipality of Utrecht City officials shared photos of the ancient Roman finds in a May 7 Facebook post.

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments reduced ... Those forces all left their marks on the city, but the Islamic ...