The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

This is the first time archaeologists have found an image of a major god inside an Assyrian palace. In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal, the last great ...

LOS ANGELES — Their alphabet, once carved in stone or found on ancient parchment, comes alive in red and blue marker on a white board in a San Fernando Valley classroom. They might not know it yet, ...

The ancient copper industry in the Sultanate of Oman serves as compelling evidence of an advanced civilisation that evolved into a leading industrial power nearly five thousand years ago. Historical ...

One of the best-known images of the ancient Near East is an intriguing nineteenth-century color lithograph reconstructing the throne room of an Assyrian palace. Executed shortly after the ...

In a remarkable fusion of culinary heritage and historical documentation, 'The Oldest Kitchen in the World: 4,000 Years of Middle Eastern Cooking Passed Down Through Generations' is set to make its ...

Assyria to America examines the ancient and modern histories of Bowdoin’s six reliefs from ancient Nimrud bringing them together, for the first time in their 150-year history at Bowdoin, with ivory ...

A cache of seven 2,700-year-old marble relief carvings have been unearthed by archaeologists beneath the dilapidated Mashki Gate, just east of Mosul in Iraq. The incredibly well-preserved relics ...

In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...

Try your hand at cuneiform, dab some color with polychromy, or explore symbolic meanings. A timeline of the reliefs puts it all into context, and activity booklets are geared for both middle and high ...