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

This was the office of Salem Abdullah, archaeological director of the ancient city of Assur, which once thrived on this rock as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. Abdullah, who was raised in a ...

Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded details of the continuous persistence of the Assyrian people till the present time. Assyrian civilization at one time ...

Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded details of the continuous persistence of the Assyrian people till the present time. Assyrian civilization at one time ...

Dur-Sharrukin, meaning "Fortress of Sargon," was built by Sargon II, naming it after himself, to serve as the new capital of the Assyrian Empire around ... broke out in the area between Kurdish ...

Despite its hostile geography, rebellious vassals, and the constant pressure from the Assyrian Empire, the Urartians managed to survive and thrive. Against more powerful enemies like Assyria, the ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building ... begun within Khorsabad's city walls, which enclose an area more than one mile square (1.7 by 1.7 square kilometers).

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the ...