The stele has since been moved to the Inspectorate’s headquarters to undergo initial restoration work so that it can be ...

Such a finding would shake up the popular understanding of how the crown has been passed down over the ages and leave ...

A carved stone slab standing roughly six feet tall and bearing royal inscriptions from ancient Nineveh has given researchers ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation. The ...

China is developing an ambitious planetary defense strategy to protect Earth. The mission utilises a powerful Long March 5 ...

Wall relief panel depicting an “urmahlilu” (Lion-Man) (645-640 BCE), a protective spirit, North Palace, Nineveh, in the I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria (unless noted otherwise, ...

He was the only Assyrian king to be slain in the field, and his death in battle represented a serious blow to Assyrian prestige. Armed with what they called 'the overpowering divine weapon -- guidance ...

Archaeologists in Mosul have made a stunning find beneath the Tomb of the Prophet Jonah that was destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2014: the long-hidden palace of ancient Assyrian King ...

A recently discovered inscription of the Assyrian King Sargon II found at the ruins of the ancient city of Karkemish has been translated. The text implies that Sargon may have been planning to make ...