Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ashurbanipal is having a moment. Some 2,600 years after his death, the King of Assyria has been the subject ...

Nineveh - Mashki Gate. (Omar Siddeeq Yousif) Nineveh was the last capital of the Assyrian Empire, as well as its most populous city.It has even been claimed that Nineveh was the most populated city in ...

Ancient Assyrian clay tablets held at the British Museum in London. (Alamy) Ashurbanipal is having a moment.Some 2,600 years after his death, the King of Assyria has been the subject of a major ...

The ancient city of Nineveh, whose ruins lie on the eastern side of the Tigris River within the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in northern ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A monumental stone relief depicting King Ashurbanipal, flanked by the deities Ashur and Ishtar, was uncovered in the throne room of Nineveh’s North Palace.

The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.