K ing Esarhaddon ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BCE. He was the third ruler of the Sargonid Dynasty, the youngest son of the famous King Sennacherib, and the father of the infamous ...

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

Located at Tel Shiqmona in coastal Israel, the facility turned sea snails into purple dye at an industrial scale ...

Failaka was on the border of his empire, and as the border ... What happened here during the transitions from Dilmun to Assyrian to Neo-Babylonian rule? What lives were lived in these ruins, and what ...

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 an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.