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, ...
A fragment of The Death of Sardanapalus, a painting by Delacroix restored by the Louvre in 2023. (Wikimedia Commons) There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to ...
The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," according to an excavation expert. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a ...
Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was made ...
When we think of ancient civilizations, we tend to think of people that lived around 2,000 years ago, but the Assyrian civilization is much, much older than that, and it played a far more influential ...
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 ...
Ashurbanipal, last major ruler of the Assyrian Empire, depicted in the royal lion hunt bas-reliefs (c. 645 B.C.) that were ripped from the walls of the North Palace at Nineveh during the excavations ...
A team of German archaeologists excavating in the ancient city of Nineveh, located near the modern Iraqi capital of Mosul, have announced an "extraordinary" discovery within the throne room of the ...
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 ...
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Seal bearing ancient language found in Jerusalem confirms Bible story in the Old Testament
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient Assyrian inscription that may shed light on historical events described in the Old Testament. The discovery, a tiny 2.5-centimeter pottery shard ...
How the first excavations in an ancient city are supporting its claim as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world The booming city of Erbil (ancient Arbela) in Kurdistan encircles the ...
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