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

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

TEHRAN - A team of German archaeologists from Heidelberg University has made a major archaeological breakthrough in the ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have made a discovery in Iraq, unearthing fragments of a monumental bas-relief dating ... "Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know ...

Photo from Michael Rummel via Heidelberg University “Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know ... that of his predecessors, and many bas-reliefs have an epic quality unparalleled ...

Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire ... Bit by bit, the image of Ashurnasirpal II appears on one bas-relief alongside a winged, bearded figure with curly hair and a flower on ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archaeologists discovered ...