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 ...

Youbert Lazar, a skilled calligrapher, was born in Iran. His passion for Persian calligraphy emerged at the age of 12, ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of ...

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

The findings will be presented on Monday, 9 December at AGU's 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where more than 28,000 ...

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, ...

Art is a space where conversations collide in Maryam Yousif’s whimsical, cheeky and thoughtful three-dimensional ...

An exhibition at Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts emphasizes the stories and rituals surrounding religious artworks and objects.

Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Assyrian-speaking Australians.

Espacio Escultórico de la UNAM. Image Cortesía de Andrés Cedillo ...

Hamill has built a reputation as a foremost adapter of novels to the stage, including dust-blowing-off versions of “Vanity ...

No records of this survive directly, but the first-century BC historian Diodorus referred to it extensively. From Diodorus, we know that Ctesias claimed that there had been thirty kings of the ...