In those days, the area that is now Iraq was part of the powerful Assyrian Empire. King Sargon II had a new capital built at Khorsabad near Mosul, but after the death of its founder the city lost ...

King Esarhaddon ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BCE. He was the third ruler of the Sargonid Dynasty, the ...

This librarian wanted to know much more about the organisation of knowledge in Ashurbanipal's library, as there is a fair ...

Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about ...

Some 2,600 years after his death, the King of Assyria has been the subject ... that it was formed from the libraries of his immediate ancestors, Sargon II, Sennacherib and Esarhaddon, but that ...

King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan each shared messages honoring Pope Francis in the wake of the news of his death on Monday. In a post on X, King Abdullah wrote, “My deepest condolences ...

King Charles has shared an update about his upcoming ... as well as other members of the Royal Family." Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with their children, Prince Andrew ...

George V favoured his second son Albert 'Bertie' and Albert's daughter Elizabeth 'Lilibet', later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, respectively. He told a courtier: 'I pray to God that my ...

Turnover surged to a record level at an East Midlands-headquartered building services company which dates back almost 300 years in "another successful year". However, pre-tax profits dipped. Derry ...