Like Gilgamesh, Ashurbanipal’s duty as king was to create order from chaos – but unlike previous kings, Ashurbanipal saw scholarship as a way to strengthen his grip on power. Many of the texts ...

Everyone knows the Great Pyramid and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, but countless other ancient marvels were left off the famous list. In this cinematic 3D documentary, we explore seven forgotten ...

Among the remains of the great Library of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria (668-c. 630 BC), are clay tablets containing an ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal, the last ...

King Ashurbanipal ruled over Assyria between 668 and 631 BC, a period when the empire was the largest and most powerful in the world. At its peak, Ashurbanipal's empire stretched from Egypt all ...

In fact, Ashurbanipal was not the last Assyrian king – that dishonour goes to one of his two sons who ruled after him. Yet, within 20 years of his reign ending around 631 BC, the centuries-old ...

Ashurbanipal's military prowess was unquestionable, as his Assyrian Empire conquered lands from Egypt to Mesopotamia, but the mighty king crowed the loudest about his great royal library, the ...

The story of King Ashurbanipal, who ruled over Assyria between 668 and 631 BC, is set to be showcased in a new exhibition at the British Museum in London.

Ashurbanipal (ruled 669-631BC), last of the great Assyrian kings, had his capital at Nineveh, near Mosul in present day Iraq, stronghold of Isis from 2014-17, where vast quantities of ancient ...

A piece of jewellery reveals the true meaning of Assyrian reliefs. Kelly Grovier explores how what appears to be a lion hunt was staged to proclaim a king's greatness.