When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more ...

Librarians will continue to go to great lengths to preserve people's access to information, whether they are ancient scrolls ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...

A particularly rich find was the library of Ashurbanipal, last great king of Assyria: in the 1850s, British archaeologist Austin Henry Layard and his Iraqi associate, Hormuzd Rassam, unearthed it ...

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 ...

Act, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s closing production for its 61st season, will be a landmark event. It marks the final show ...

Objects Removed for Study consists of the recreation of a fraction of the Library of Ashurbanipal by a group of women from the Iraqi community in London. The original library – housed in the British ...