Scholars have found a 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn praising the city, its citizens, and deity Marduk, with the help of A.I.

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The story of ancient Assyria is one of extraordinary longevity and startling evanescence. Assyrian history sprawls out over millennia. As early as the third millennium B.C., a coherent identity ...

Aking of ancient Assyria was relaxing with his queen in what's believed to be the queen's garden under the cool canopy of grape vines. Raising their cups to their lips, the king and queen — one ...

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

BANKING IN ANCIENT ASSYRIA. Share full article. April 19, 1877. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 19, 1877, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

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.

As Ancient Legacies go, few are quite so rad as Sargon of Akkad.As Assyria's court is the King of the Universe followed ...

Ancient Assyria expert Jacob Lauinger joins us to discuss his work interpreting the tablet and the many questions it raises. This segment aired on August 19, 2024. Here & Now: Editors' Picks.