Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

Despite this cultural durability, the significance of ancient Assyria lies in the spectacular rise and fall of the Neo-Assyrian empire, whose deep influence contrasts with its relatively brief life.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Was this the world’s first empire?

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

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 ...

The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon ...

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 ...

Trump Couldn't Pronounce 'Assyrians.' the Community Is Happy to Be in the Spotlight PHOENIX (AP) — It was Donald Trump's mispronunciation that first caught attention. “Also, we have many Asur ...

Rare stone carving depicting Assyrian king surrounded by gods unearthed. Stone engravings of deities from the Assyrian Empire have been rare ...