A research team announced the results of their study at the archaeological site of Dur-Sharrukin, revealing evidence of ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning 2,700-year-old sculpture in Iraq, uncovering new details about the ancient Assyrian civilization. The incredible find, a lamassu-a mythical creature with the ...

During these centuries, a common, unspoken language of symbols often reflected the region's shifting geopolitics, allegiances ...

Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

That art, which once adorned a palace wall ... The city of Nimrud, known as Calah in the Bible, became the capital of the neo-Assyrian Empire in 883 B.C., under King Ashurnasirpal II.

The relief slabs that decorated the palaces of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which emphasized military conquest and ... There is much in this book that ancient and art historians will find of interest. The ...