Ruins coalesced like a blueprint into housing ... all this has ever been excavated,” Abdullah said. “There were 117 Assyrian kings. When these kings died, they were buried here.” ...

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 ... gotten underway when it was abandoned, leaving only the ruins of a construction zone. But a newly published survey of the ...

With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was said to depict an "Assyrian Deity that was excavated in Iraq" in 2023. The winged bull figure is lamassu, a likeness ...

A human-headed winged bull from the eighth century B.C. Assyrian royal palace in Khorsabad. ISIS razed the city’s ruins last year. Composite image. Left: Marshall Ikonography / Alamy Stock Photo ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

Ruins of the Assyrian Church of the Virgin Mary, which was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) fighters, in the Assyrian village of Tal Nasri, Syria. Source: AFP With a strong presence of Kurdish ...