In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

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.

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

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

"Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of ... the most important place in the palace. The Heidelberg researchers discovered the relief fragments in an earth-filled pit behind ...

"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 ...

“Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of ... excavations have been underway at a core sector of the North Palace built by King Ashurbanipal. The newly uncovered slab was ...

"Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities," states the head of the excavations in the North Palace, Prof. Dr. Aaron Schmitt of the ...