Depiction of a relief from Khorsabad, the Assyrian capital during the time of Sargon II. For roughly two centuries, from ca. 900 -- 700 BC, the Near Eastern empires of Neo-Assyria and Urartu ...

The only symbol that might be considered 'Assyrian' is the crescent moon, which we have established was a common icon not exclusive to the Assyrian Empire. The Kingdom of Urartu, located in the ...

Archaeologists unveiled new treasures from the ancient Temple of Ninurta in Nimrud, Iraq shedding light on Assyrian ...

The ancient Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin King Sargon II had intended the city of Dur-Sharrukin to be the new capital of his empire. It was to be a grand symbol of the Assyrian empire, but the ...

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first ...

Iraqi forces retook control of the site of ancient Nimrud, and since then, reconstruction efforts have been taking place in ...

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a historian who specializes in the Neo-Assyrian Empire who was not involved in the Khorsabad survey, told Live Science in an email. Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II started building his giant new ...

In the ninth through seventh centuries BC, the kings of Assyria forged the greatest empire the region had known. Its armies conquered lands from Egypt, the eastern Mediterranean coast, and parts of ...

A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of what is now Iraq. Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project ...

Age-old treasures around the world you’re highly unlikely to ever see in person, whether they're out of bounds due to their ...