Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

King Ashurbanipal is depicted in the center of the relief (shown here in a 3D reconstruction, with the recovered parts in gray); he is flanked by two supreme deities, Ashur and Ishtar, who are both ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

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 ...

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 ...

King Ashurbanipal was known for his “religious zeal,” patronage of the arts and creation of “the first systematically organized library in Mesopotamia and the ancient Middle East,” among ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

Archaeologists excavating ruins of ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Nineveh found big first-of-its-kind relief showing king with deities, university said.

King Ashurbanipal was known for his “religious zeal,” patronage of the arts and creation of “the first systematically organized library in Mesopotamia and the ancient Middle East,” among ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...