Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern-day Iraq, this unassuming artifact has unveiled extraordinary ...

A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Ruins coalesced like a blueprint into housing ... all this has ever been excavated,” Abdullah said. “There were 117 Assyrian kings. When these kings died, they were buried here.” ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building ... gotten underway when it was abandoned, leaving only the ruins of a construction zone. But a newly published survey of the ...

Layard's visit, in 1840, to Syria, Asia Minor, Babylon and Assyria. Differences in the ruins described. Dangers in traveling through the area. Layard's visit to area made him desire to investigate the ...

A new study has revealed how Neo-Assyrian writing boards were made, offering the earliest known example of cuneiform writing on wax. These ancient boards, uncovered in the ruins of Nimrud in ...