The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," ...

Behind the luminous precision of these reconstructions stands something far more subtle human intelligence. The breakthroughs ...

The expansion of Ancient Greeks into Assyria between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC occurred through mercenary warfare and ...

A newfound pottery sherd has cuneiform text from the Assyrian Empire asking the Kingdom of Judah about a late tribute payment ...

An Assyrian inscription dating to around 2,700 years ago was unearthed in an archaeological excavation near the Temple Mount ...

Tehran -- The ancient civilization of the Assyrians and their influence in western Iran is set to be the focal point of a meeting that will be held in Tehran next week. A number of historians, ...

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

Israel’s antiquities authority reports discovery of an Assyrian inscription from the first temple period - evidence of an ...

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On May 12, Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq loaded the Maryam Khatoon Mosque with TNT and obliterated the Ottoman-era heritage site out of existence. Despite the long list of atrocities ...