A 2,648-year-old "clay tablet" with only women's names written on it in the ruins of an Assyrian-era palace at the Ickale Museum Complex in Sur district of Diyarbakir, Türkiye, August 6, 2024. (IHA ...

What it tells us about the past: This carved relief from Nimrud, a major city of the ancient Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq, regularly drifts around the internet as purported evidence for scuba ...

Archaeologists have unlocked a portal to the past through an object that might seem mundane at first glance: a sun-dried brick. Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern-day Iraq, this ...

The survival of Assyrian culture in Armenia is not merely a matter of history or heritage. It is an act of love.

More than 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians in Nineveh built the first great empire in human history. Excelling in science, engineering and warfare, they were the beginnings of modern civilization. But ...

A recent discovery in Israel may corroborate an epic biblical account of an angel of the Lord wiping out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, an independent scholar claims. Stephen Compton, an independent ...

Los Angeles -- The Assyrian Arts Institute's ensemble, "Assyrian Women," released their first Aramaic musical album, "The Joy of Christmas" on December 15. The Aramaic music is sung in the original ...

One of the best-known images of the ancient Near East is an intriguing nineteenth-century color lithograph reconstructing the throne room of an Assyrian palace. Executed shortly after the ...

In Lord Byron’s 1821 play “Sardanapalus,” the king of the title laments that the glory of his empire will someday fade into oblivion. “Time shall quench full many a people’s records, and a hero’s acts ...

This ancient artifact may be more than just a map—it could reveal how the Assyrians understood the stars, time, and even the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two remarkably well-preserved shrines, among other notable finds, at an ancient temple that was devastated by a fire around 2,600 years ago. The discoveries came to light ...