In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

The inclusion of these gods was a surprise ... They believe the sculpture was buried there during the Hellenistic period, between the second and third centuries B.C. But information on the ...

It was probably created in Hellenistic times in the third or second ... attitude towards the Assyrian king and the Assyrian gods," he told the science portal "Live Science".

There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...

Archaeologists discovered that a Hellenistic-era sculpture workshop was built atop an older residential complex on the Greek ...

A new dynasty of Hellenistic sovereigns was born ... One statue is a combination of Zeus and Oromasdes (Ahura Mazda), supreme gods of Greek and Persian mythology, respectively.

It also contains a fish-like deity, who grants the gods and the sovereign salvation ... Researchers suspect it was dug out during the Hellenistic period in the third or second century BC.

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was made ...

He is flanked by two supreme deities, the gods Ashur and Ishtar, the patron goddess of Nineveh ... They were probably buried during the Hellenistic period, in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE. The fact that ...

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law ...