A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried ...

GreekReporter.com reports that only remnants of the Ninurta Temple and its adornments were found, as it was looted and burned ...

The ancient city once served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. A dais uncovered by archaeologists at the site of Nimrud, Iraq. The ancient city once served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire.

Yet only fragments of these types of statues and their accouterments were found after invaders from Babylonia (southern and central Iraq) and Media (ancient western Iran) pillaged and burned the ...

And sure enough, in the aftermath of the eclipse, the Assyrian Empire entered a phase of turbulence that marked the beginning of its decline. Historical documents provide evidence of several ...

Unfortunately, due to the lack of surviving documentation from after the fall of the Assyrian Empire, little has been written on how these symbols were deliberately adopted to indicate allegiance or ...

His book, entitled 'Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire ... One of the world's foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire, he is the author or co-author of six books on ancient ...