a historian who specializes in the Neo-Assyrian Empire who was not involved in the Khorsabad survey, told Live Science in an email. Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II started building his giant new ...

1115 B.C. (3635) Tiglath-Pileser establishes the second Assyrian Empire. The Aramean invasions of Assyria begin. 934 B.C. (3816) Ashur-dan II establishes the Neo-Assyrian empire. The Empire unifies ...

This inscription linked the artifact to the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, whose rule marked the emergence of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Crafted around 879 BCE, the brick was part of the North-West ...

The king's role in expanding, defending, and marking the borders of the Empire has been studied rather well ... renowned and esteemed international scholars from the field of Neo-Assyrian studies, and ...

Assyrians are Christians. They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac ...

The precious pre-Islamic artifacts destroyed by the jihadists are now in pieces, but the archaeologists working in Nimrud are undaunted by the colossal task they face ...