The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Ashurbanipal assembled his library at Nineveh in the seventh century BC. Today known as Mosul in Iraq, Nineveh was then the most splendid – and largest – city on Earth, and the seat of the ...

maybe as part of an army force that arrived at the site following the collapse of the Assyrian Empire," he added. He also said that the Grecian pottery may be proof of Greek mercenaries in the ...

The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived ...

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Introduction Europeans have tried to steal the history of Black Egypt to make it white . The controversial figure they use in this plot is Pharaoh Nana Ramse , whom they succeeded in painting as white ...

In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special ... he vastly expanded the Egyptian empire and built many large monuments.