The first major error is in the supposed "meteor impact," the crux of this theory. Unfortunately for proponents of the Köfels ...

His empire even reached Portugal ... He is seen as a legendary figure in Neo-Assyrian literature, having fought in 34 battles, winning them all. Prince Frederick Henry Louis of Prussia, commonly just ...

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

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.

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was ...

The ancient city is considered to be one of the most important parts of North Mesopotamia, becoming the capital of the Assyrian empire in the late eighth century BC under King Sennacherib.

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

MIchael Rummel A few decades after Ashurbanipal’s death, the Assyrian empire fell. And several centuries after that, Nineveh was likely settled by Greeks, who may have broken and buried the ...