The Bible describes his reign in extensive detail, and he also appears in Assyrian records. In the Bible Book of Isaiah, there is a prophecy from the year of the death of King Ahaz, Hezekiah’s father.

With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was said to depict an "Assyrian Deity that was excavated in Iraq" in 2023. The winged bull figure is lamassu, a likeness ...

The festival, which was organized by local authorities and organizations in Ankawa, was also held to commemorate Akitu, the Assyrian-Babylonian New Year and the world’s oldest holiday.

When the Assyrian Empire came along, Gaza went through the same turmoil as Israel and Judah and was under the same threat. Gaza went back and forth, being conquered by Assyria, then Egypt, and ...

What is an Empire? History has seen the rise and fall of countless empires, from Ghengis Khan’s Mongol Empire to the kingdom of Assyria. While they vary significantly in scale and structure, all ...

But great-power diplomacy and cooperation go back to some 3,000 years earlier, when the great powers of the Near East — Egypt, Hatti, Mitanni, Assyria and Babylonia — developed a system known ...

The brown traces represent the beds of ancient streams, organized in dendritic drainage networks that are now abandoned. Credit: Antoine Delaunay/Guillaume Baby/Abdallah Zaki The research, published ...

An Ecumenical service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne on April 6, brought together members of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Orthodox communities to commemorate the victims of the ...

The Armenian, Assyrian, Greek genocides were commemorated at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne, The Greek Herald reports. The service, hosted by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne in collaboration with ...

Traditional Assyrian music filled the air, and people waved flags while dressed in stunning, colorful costumes. It was like a big family reunion where everyone came together to honor their roots and ...

In 1911, the explorer Gertrude Bell visited the German excavations at Ashur, the founding capital of the Assyrian empire. Emerging from communities on the banks of the Tigris, in present-day Iraq ...

Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia under one roof. This incredible library was forgotten for ...