"The wall panel contains a depiction of divine procession with previously unknown elements, with Aramaic writing to describe some of the deities while combining Neo-Assyrian, Aramaean and Syro ...

A 3,000-year-old relief reveals how Assyrian divers used stealth tactics and flotation devices to wage silent river warfare.

King 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 ...

Tell Kuyunjik was the location of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib’s “Palace Without Rival” and of the king Ashurbanipal’s extensive library, along with other monuments and buildings.

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

"The figure of a winged man in a distinct Neo-Assyrian style is unique and very rare in the glyphic styles of the late First Temple period," he added. "The influence of the Assyrian Empire ...

But those who did rule made their mark on history. In the Neo-Assyrian regime of the ninth century B.C., one woman commanded an entire empire stretching from Asia Minor to what is today western Iran.

In a study published in the journal Near Eastern Archaeology, researcher Stephen Compton proposed the likely locations for a trail of lost ancient military camps set up by the Assyrian King ...

Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian tablet preserving wax, in the British Museum. (The Trustees of the British Museum) The writing boards excavated from Nimrud (modern Iraq) represent the first material ...