Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne ... Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University King Ashurbanipal was known for his “religious zeal,” patronage ...

Excavations in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a massive relief depicting both the last great ruler of the Assyrian ... Rummel King Ashurbanipal—remembered both for his assembly of a vast ...

Nineveh, on the banks of the Tigris River, entered a golden age under Assyrian king Sennacherib, who made the city his capital before dying in 681 B.C.E. Later, Ashurbanipal established ...

Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Nineveh—now Mosul, Iraq—have unearthed a gigantic statue depicting King Ashurbanipal ... Assyrian empire in the late eighth century B.C. Schmitt ...