Archaeologists have unlocked a portal to the past through an object that might seem mundane at first glance: a sun-dried brick. Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern-day Iraq, this ...

If an infant’s body (has) a lukewarm temperature, his head has fever, he feeds at the breast and then drools a lot, his teeth ...

The ancient Assyrians have been judged somewhat unfairly as brutal people whose only desire was to conquer their neighbors. Although this is true to some extent, it overlooks the important role the ...

More than 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians in Nineveh built the first great empire in human history. Excelling in science, engineering and warfare, they were the beginnings of modern civilization.

The ancient stone relief looks familiar. Indeed, it bears an uncanny resemblance to the many Assyrian artifacts housed at the British Museum and the Louvre.

In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...

On October 24, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art opens a new exhibition, Assyria to America. For the first time since their removal from modern-day Iraq, the Assyrian reliefs from the Northwest palace ...

The aurora in Alberta, Canada. Photo: Keith E. Doucet (Wikimedia Commons) Scientists report that they may have found the earliest written record of a solar storm in ancient Assyrian tablets.

Ruler of the Neo-Assyrian empire from 721-704 BCE, Sargon II oversaw huge portions of ancient Mesopotamia, and is considered one of the era’s greatest military strategists.

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