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"We are still reeling from the unresolved conflict between India and Pakistan, lingering under a fragile ceasefire, when yet ...
But Daesh occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul for three years and destroyed many ancient Assyrian treasures. Can archaeologists unearth new discoveries among the wreckage? More than two-and-a-half ...
In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...
an iconic structure in what was once the ancient Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. The eight intricately carved marble bas-reliefs, which depict war scenes, grapevines, palm trees and other motifs ...
The ancient Assyrian military base was discovered on Ammunition Hill, a memorial war site in Jerusalem. NurPhoto via Getty Images The story tells that Jerusalem’s ruler Hezekiah prayed to the Is ...
This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.
Archaeologists in northern Iraq have discovered the remains of a massive villa, royal gardens and other structures buried deep underground at what was once the ancient Assyrian capital of ...
The setting was war-torn northeast Syria. Within the territory controlled by Kurdish fighters was a string of Assyrian Christian farming villages along the Khabur River. These Assyrians had ...
The oval shape of Assyrian King Sennacherib's military camp ... "I used earlier photographs of the landscape from World War II, right before major changes were made." "And it was a match," he ...