In the mountains of eastern Anatolia, during the Iron Age between the 9th and 6th centuries BC, a kingdom arose that ...

It remained uninhabited for over 2,600 years. This discovery opens opportunities for locating additional military sites nearby, potentially revealing ancient cities devastated by the Assyrian Empire.

A team of archaeologists may have discovered evidence of the biblical Battle of Megiddo, where Josiah, the king of Judah, was ...

An epic biblical battle between the king of Judah and an Egyptian army led by Pharaoh Necho ll has finally been proved to ...

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 ...

Some fragments resemble Greek pottery. Kleiman suggests Greek mercenaries may have served in the Egyptian army. Greek and Assyrian sources mention Greek soldiers fighting for Egypt during the 26th ...

Ashurbanipal assembled his library at Nineveh in the seventh century BC. Today known as Mosul in Iraq, Nineveh was then the most splendid – and largest – city on Earth, and the seat of the ...