In the center of the relief stands Ashurbanipal, the last king of the Assyrian Empire, who ruled from 669 to 631 B.C. He is flanked by the ancient Mesopotamian gods Ashur and Ishtar, and they are ...

Excavation of the North Palace in Nineveh The ancient city of Nineveh, now located near modern-day Mosul, was once the heart of the Assyrian Empire. During the reign of King Sennacherib in the ...

Rare stone carving depicting Assyrian king surrounded by gods unearthed Stone engravings of deities from the Assyrian Empire have been rare Vishwam Sankaran Thursday 15 May 2025 11:08 BST 0 Comments ...

We read of a story in the Old Testament book of Jonah about how God calls him to perform what seemed to be an impossible task of preaching repentance to the capital city of the Assyrian Empire, ...

2,700 years ago, Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular discovery in the palace of King Assurbanipal. During ...

Assyria owes its name to the Greeks. In Greek, Assyria means "the country of Ashur." This was the name of the god Ashur (Assur) and the early capital city. The Assyrians arrived in the region around ...

Archaeology & History Police Find Rare Assyrian Carvings of Gods in Underground Turkish Tunnels Long Used by Looters Archaeologists will study them once the tunnels are reinforced.

The newly uncovered slab was found to contain at its centre Ashurbanipal, the last great ruler of the Assyrian empire, flanked by two supreme deities: the gods Ashur and Ishtar, the patron goddess ...

Since 2022, excavations have been underway at a core sector of the North Palace built by King Ashurbanipal. The newly uncovered slab was found to contain at its centre Ashurbanipal, the last great ...