The original Ishtar Gate (left, a 1980s replica) was moved to Berlin in 1903 ... broke heads off ancient statues, ransacked files and made off with an unknown number of priceless artifacts.

A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried ...

Despite opposition from the creators of the Sillamäe theme park, a replica of an oversized Soviet-era athlete statue was erected in the courtyard of the Sillamäe Museum. The "Mysterious Sillamäe" ...

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Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian tablet preserving wax, in the British Museum. (The Trustees of the British Museum) The writing boards excavated from Nimrud (modern Iraq) represent the first material ...

Restoration and reassembly work on one of the largest Khmer bronze statues ever discovered — of Lord Vishnu or Lord Narayana — has been completed, reported The Phnom Penh Post. A total of 39 ...

The site where the statue was installed is reportedly used by the villagers for various purposes, including makeshift markets and wedding ceremonies Some civilians and cops were injured when ...

Police are appealing for information after seven statues - including one of suffragette Millicent Fawcett - were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights rally in London. The Metropolitan Police ...

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred Tuesday when an axe-wielding man attacked the procession and wounded ...