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 ...

Moreover, they are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians- builders of the earliest civilization. Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded details of the ...

The settlement was known as Dur-Sharrukin and it was constructed during the reign of King Sargon II, who ruled the Assyrian empire from 721 B.C. until he died in 705 B.C., according to the ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

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.), ...

In what's now Iraq, the Assyrians created a model of empire which would last for centuries. Established powers ruling Egypt and China were invaded by outsiders, and indeed, across the whole world ...

At this time the Assyrians had carved an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf but this empire was difficult to control. Sennacherib's successor Esarhaddon died in 669 BC while on ...

His book, entitled 'Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire' will be discussed at the Eden Gardens reception. Hermiz Shahen is going. Eckart Frahm is a professor of Assyriology in ...

Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large areas of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in 2014.

The king's role in expanding, defending, and marking the borders of the Empire has been studied rather well ... renowned and esteemed international scholars from the field of Neo-Assyrian studies, and ...