Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have uncovered significant sections of a large relief featuring depictions of ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archaeologists ...

One site of particular interest was the northern palace built by king Ashurbanipal, who ruled in the 7th century B.C.E and is considered the last great king of Assyria. It was there that 19th ...

American archaeologists working in Iraq have uncovered a massive, extremely rare carving which depicts King Ashurbanipal of Nineveh, former ruler of the Assyrian Empire. Skip to main content Gear ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal ...

"This is quite enigmatic." During archaeological excavation underneath the palace built by King Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, Schmitt and his team found the ...

The giant slab, measuring about 5.5m (16ft) long and 3m (10ft) wide, was discovered in the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, located near Mosul.

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death ...

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have made a discovery in Iraq, unearthing fragments of a monumental bas-relief dating back to the 7th century BCE in the throne room of the North Palace of ...