As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Try your hand at cuneiform, dab some color with polychromy, or explore symbolic meanings. A timeline of the reliefs puts it all into context, and activity booklets are geared for both middle and high ...

However, a new archaeological mission revealed the ancient capital of Assyria, Khorsabad, deep underground. According to the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the international research team used ...

Assyrian civilization at one time incorporated the entire Near East, most notably the area of the Fertile Crescent. The heartland of Assyria lies in present day Northern Iraq. The remains of the ...

Ancient Athens celebrated the Spring Equinox as one of the most important feasts, a celebration of resurrection following ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation ... inside of one of the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh uncovered sculptures of King ...

These images appear in several places in temples in Dūr-Šarrukīn, which was briefly Assyria's capital. The buried ruins of the ancient city were excavated during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Among the highlights of the fair will be ‘Lamassu Falling: A Novelette of Ancient Assyria in the Days of Jonah’ by Arturo R. Ortiz, a riveting historical novella that delves into the decline ...