Archaeologists in northern Iraq have discovered the remains of a massive villa, royal gardens and other structures buried deep underground at what was once the ancient Assyrian capital of ...

The heartland (Northern Mesopotamia) of Assyria lies in present-day northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northeastern Syria, and northwestern Iran. The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, ...

(Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq, Third Edition, p. 291 ... 99) "Most authors of the time have described the scenes of horror by the allied armies [Medes and allies] during their control of the Assyrian ...

No ancient city was so desired and feared ... he actually appears to be describing the walls of Nineveh, capital of the Assyrian Empire. He describes a hunting scene that resembles no artwork ...

Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire ... reached its peak in the ninth century BC and was the second capital of the Assyrian empire. Propaganda videos released by IS in 2015 ...

Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul is the location where the ancient city of Nineveh once stood, which served as the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911-609BC). As a result, modern-day ...