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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ancient Assyrian Empire, for a third year of excavations, the Penn Museum ...

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 ...

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 ...

In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are protecting it from more modern threats True to an ancient way of life ...