Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ...

Years Ago Assyrians Recorded the Earliest ‘Magic of the Auroras’ While Skygazing on Stone Tablets Humans spent many of their ...

Today, the Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrian Empire and one of the earliest civilizations emerging in Mesopotamia. Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is ...

But before it gets too exciting about ancient scuba lessons, let's dive deeper into what this discovery reveals about the impressive technological achievements of the Assyrian Empire. Maybe this could ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...

These Christians were members of the Assyrian Church of the East, an ancient Church that flourished under the Persian Empire and has a rich spiritual and cultural history. The Assyrian Church has ...

Assyrians, an ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East, also known as Chaldeans or Syriacs, are deserving of all the aid they can receive. They continue to honor ancient Christian traditions in ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.