Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was ...

Kurdish oppression of Assyrians has a long-standing history, most notably during the Assyrian genocide by the Ottomans in 1915–1918, where many Kurdish tribes assisted in the Ottoman campaigns ...

Nineveh had served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire during King Ashurbanipal’s reign ... learned to shoot with the bow, to ride on horseback and in a chariot, to hold the reins. By order of the ...

In this video you will see the KTM X-BOW that we shot at Essen Motor Show ... front Destination in the U.S. Monumental Relief of Last Assyrian Ruler Unearthed in Ancient Nineveh ...

a sheathed sword and bow. [Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] A king of ancient Assyria was relaxing with his queen in what's believed to be the queen's garden under the cool canopy ...

a sheathed sword and bow. THE TRUSTEES OF BRITISH MUSEUM A stone wall panel relief from the North Palace of Nineveh showing the siege of Hamanu by invading Assyrian armies. THE TRUSTEES OF BRITISH ...

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 ...

And the Greek historian Herodotus claimed that mice invaded the Assyrian camp in the night and chewed through their bow strings and shield straps, leaving them defenseless in battle the next morning.

In the eighth century B.C., Assyrian King Sargon II ruled over a wealthy and powerful empire that included much of today’s Middle East and inspired fear among its neighbors. Now a team of ...

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