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.), ...

Some of history's most notorious forgeries include a Vermeer that tricked a Nazi and a fake sculpture by Michelangelo.

The bronze band, within the precious Assyrian collection of the British Museum, is on display at the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou city ... Directly associated with Assyrian kingship, the lotus flower also ...

Following the second meeting between Pope Francis and Mar Awa III, ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, conducted an exclusive interview with the catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian ...

The British Association for the Relief of Distress in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, known as the British Relief Association (BRA), was a private charity of the mid-19th century in the United ...

Assyrian attack on a town with archers and a wheeled battering ram; Neo-Assyrian relief, North-West Palace of Nimrud 865–860 BC (Photo of Encyclopædia Britannica) AMMAN — Bronze Age architecture was ...

Art/ifacts and artworks in the ancient world / edited by Karen Sonik.

Join us on a journey along the Silk Roads. Crossing deserts, mountains, rivers and seas, the Silk Roads tell a story of connections. From East Asia to Britain and Scandinavia to Madagascar, these ...

Private Eye editor Mr Hislop said it was “jaw-dropping” to see Mr Welby at the British Museum’s annual dinner for trustees just a day after he quit for an “appalling scandal and cover-up ...

The reference information listed below is intended for those who work with the Getty's data. This information comes from the Museum's collection database, and in some cases is incomplete or awaiting ...