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 ...

If you want big answers, start small. Take, for example, the sprawling sculpted slabs of ancient alabaster known as the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal. At first glance, the 7th-Century BC gypsum panels ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Nineveh—now Mosul, Iraq—have unearthed a gigantic statue depicting King Ashurbanipal, the former ruler of the Assyrian Empire, Ancient Origins ...

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 ...