Beneath the Dust: Iraq’s Buried Treasure and the Unseen Wealth of Its Geology

When most of the world thinks of Iraq, the mental slide reel tends to flicker through images of oil rigs, warzones, and antiquities half-buried in desert sand. But peel back the scorched skin of Mesopotamia and what you’ll find is not just the bones of ancient civilizations—but the beating geological heart of a mineral-rich nation, […]