Heidelberg excavation work in ancient Nineveh. A team from Heidelberg University working in Iraq made a remarkable discovery. In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal, located in ...

The Assyrian relief sculptures in this exhibition are some of the most extraordinary pieces in the Bowdoin collection. Carved at the behest of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in the ninth century B ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spectacular find: Monumental images of gods discovered at Nineveh in Iraq German archaeologists have made a spectacular discovery ...

This is the first time archaeologists have found an image of a major god inside an Assyrian palace. In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king ...

An ancient Assyrian artefact stolen from one of the world's most significant archaeological sites has been returned to Iraq after 22 years of storage by police in London. The British Museum played a ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University Sifting ...

The Israel-US war with Iran has brought renewed attention to the damage and destruction of ancient sites across the country. Airstrikes have affected some of Iran’s most revered cultural landmarks.

In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...