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 ...

Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city. They sifted carefully through the king’s once-grand throne room — and ...

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 ...