The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

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 ...

The excavation of Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin uncovered treasures of Neo-Assyrian art and culture. However, teams digging elsewhere in the city of Dur-Sharrukin came up empty-handed.

Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern-day Iraq, this unassuming artifact has unveiled extraordinary insights into life nearly 3,000 years ago. This brick was not merely a ...

Abandoned Saddam Palace in north Iraq, left unfinished after the Gulf war. Such palaces were built partially with stones from nearby Assyrian churches and villages. Modern Chaldean-Assyrian church in ...