They came from a home built by the Assyrian ruler Sargon the Second in modern day Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Looking at a modern day map of Antarctica gives clues about its first explorers.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

"Next spring, I'm going to release a book set in the modern day world but a fantasy based on Egyptian mythology, bringing all those old Egyptian gods back to life."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Both look something like the modern day elephant, but bigger.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

O'Hanlon says even though the aim of modern day terrorists is to force a change in policy, so far,the tactics do not work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The United States is often a destination for many of these victims, where they are held in what many human rights activists consider modern day slavery.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Tea Party activists see themselves as modern-day versions of the anti-tax protesters from before the American Revolution.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The creation of Earth Day is widely considered the beginning of the modern environmental movement.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

From Nazis to modern-day criminals, Switzerland's legendary bank secrecy has long been exploited by those with assets to hide.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

Ruhli notes researchers used that technique to study the evolution of the tuberculosis bacteria from 2,000-year-old mummified tissue to modern-day strains.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

That is because most Palestinians still hope they will return to their lives, families and properties in what is now modern-day Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

It's a show and competition in which modern-day cowboys ride bucking horses and ornery bulls.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Its founders began oil explorations in modern-day Iran more than 100 years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Clinton called the trafficking of persons for forced labor,sexual exploitation and other illicit purposes "modern-day" slavery that spans the globe and affects every country including the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16