A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried ...

The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) is home to one of the world’s most spectacular collections of art, sculpture, and artifacts. The museum offers a wide array of exhibits spread across ...

Uruk’s ancient ruins, left to crumble for 1,700 ... the severe and warlike stone friezes that lined the walls of Assyrian palaces. Learning was highly prized, and astronomy and mathematics ...

This aspect of his kingship was lauded in the ancient world and has defined his ... found in 1879 in Babylon’s Temple of Marduk by the Assyrian archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam.

Smith would go on to become the world's leading expert in the ancient Akkadian language and its fiendishly difficult script, write the first true history of Mesopotamia's long-lost Assyrian Empire ...

In this article, Jeremy Salt chronicles the deliberate destruction of Gaza's people, history, culture, and identity.

In Abomey, the UNESCO-listed Royal Palaces of ... your trip in the ancient city of Mardin, an atmospheric destination that begs you to wander its alleys. Don’t miss the Assyrian monasteries ...