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

Excavations in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a massive relief depicting both the last great ruler of the Assyrian empire and two deities.. The remains—missed by archaeologists for more than ...

Archaeology & History Monumental Relief of Last Assyrian King Turns Up in Ancient City. The discovery was made in a palace built by king Ashurbanipal in the 7th century B.C.E.

The archaeologists have been carefully reassembling bas-reliefs, sculptures and decorated slabs depicting mythical creatures, which had all graced the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II ...

Name: Assyrian Swimmers What it is: A relief scene carved in gypsum Where it is from: The Royal Palace of Nimrud (near modern-day Mosul, Iraq) When it was made: Between 865 and 860 B.C. Related ...

MY attention has been directed by the Rev. A. Paterson to a plate in a portfolio of photographs from Assyrian bas-reliefs published at Haarlem, but now out of print. This plate represents a bas ...

Assyria began as a dependency of Babylonia, but it became an independent state in the 14th century B.C.E., some 3,000 years ago, and grew into a major regional power in the historic Middle East.

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 have been carefully reassembling bas-reliefs, sculptures and decorated slabs from an ancient Assyrian palace. (Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP) One of those monuments was the 2,800-year-old temple ...