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 ...

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 ...

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

A 3,000-year-old relief reveals how Assyrian divers used stealth tactics and flotation devices to wage silent river warfare.

"Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities," states the head of the excavations in the North Palace, Prof. Dr. Aaron Schmitt of the ...