With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was said to depict an "Assyrian Deity that was excavated in Iraq" in 2023. The photo was shared across social media ...

A massive stone carving featuring an Assyrian ruler and several deities has been found in Iraq. Comments ( 0 ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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The inclusion of these gods was a surprise, the team noted. "Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities," Schmitt said in a statement .

Excavations in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a massive relief depicting both the last great ruler of the Assyrian empire and two deities.. The remains—missed by archaeologists for more than ...

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, the last ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation ...

Rare stone carving depicting Assyrian king surrounded by gods unearthed. Stone engravings of deities from the Assyrian Empire have been rare. Vishwam Sankaran. Thursday 15 May 2025 11:08 BST.

A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried, and uncovered again in 2023.