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 ...

Bloody Sand The Gods Of Assyria: Third Person An action, adventure and playable game during the troubled medieval era of the Assyrian Empire. The story is based on historical Assyrian events in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heildelberg excavation work in anciente Nineveh. Credit: Aaron Schmitt / Universität Heidelberg At the center of the relief now discovered by the University of Heidelberg is the figure of King ...

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 more than 2,600-year-old relief, which would originally have been brightly painted, depicts King Ashurbanipal flanked by Ashur, the national god of Assyria, and Ishtar, the protector goddess ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation. The ...

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 ...