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

A stunning 12-ton relief depicting Assyrian deities has been uncovered beneath the ancient palace of King Ashurbanipal.

The KRG is working to restore over 2,700 archaeological sites in Duhok, including the largest heritage park in Amedi.

Recent studies suggest parts of the park may have been initiated during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (circa 825 BCE), but ...

Under King Sennacherib, it became the capital of the Assyrian empire in the late eighth century BC. Since 2022, Aaron Schmitt and his team have been excavating the Kuyunjik mound, which lies in the ...

Taken together, the four inscriptions establish at least the bare bones of her story: The queen definitely lived in the Assyrian Empire between the ninth and eighth centuries B.C., was married to ...

Kurdistan's Faida Archaeological Park reveals 4,700-year-old Assyrian marvels - 13 rock reliefs & a 10km irrigation canal.

She believes Assyrian king Sennacherib, not Nebuchadnezzar II, built the Gardens in the seventh century BCE, an entire century earlier than hypothesized in Babylon.

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It's still unknown who or what destroyed the Gardens. Strabo's writings described "Gardens" that were in ruins by the end of the first century BCE and claimed that Alexander the Great wanted to repair ...