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 ...

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

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".

One thing is clear: if we take ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we read, celebrate, and admire today wouldn't ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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

Artists of the Hellenistic period began exploring a wider range of subjects, including everyday scenes and individualistic portraits. They also began representing gods and heroes in a more ...