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

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC ...

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ...

Archaeologists uncovered a relief of King Ashurbanipal with Assyrian gods in ancient Nineveh, offering new insight into Mesopotamian art.

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have made a discovery in Iraq, unearthing fragments of a monumental bas-relief ...

The ancient city of Nineveh, whose ruins lie on the eastern side of the Tigris River within the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in northern ...

There’s something utterly human about seeking beauty in places once broken. Maybe it’s hope. Maybe it’s curiosity. Maybe it’s ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King ...

Buried in the Mesopotamian desert ... date to the reign of Lipit-Ishtar in the 20th century B.C. Bridgeman/ACI They concentrated their efforts on Mound 1, an 82-foot-high tell covering an area ...

Chinese and Sumerian civilizations - though unlike these, researchers say it developed in complete isolation. Sign up here. Aspero, the area in the Caral site where the tomb was found, was ...

He compares these findings with references from the holy texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as with ancient inscriptions on Mesopotamian clay tablets. Warner suggests that locations ...