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.

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Rare stone carving depicting Assyrian king surrounded by gods unearthed - Stone engravings of deities from the Assyrian Empire have been rare ...

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

Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular ...

Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city. They sifted carefully through the king’s once-grand throne room — and ...

"This is quite enigmatic." During archaeological excavation underneath the palace built by King Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, Schmitt and his team found the ...