This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

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In Leeds, England, a metal detectorist discovered a 1,200-year-old gilded Saxon cross, offering a fascinating glimpse into ...

This fish god from Assyria, worshipped also by the Philistines and Babylonians ... 1 Chronicles 10:10: “They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.” ...

TEHRAN - A team of German archaeologists from Heidelberg University has made a major archaeological breakthrough in the ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

A stunning archaeological discovery has been made in the ruins of ancient Nineveh, now part of Mosul, Iraq. A massive stone ...

For thousands of years, demons have existed in mythology, religion, and folklore, taking on many different forms across cultures. From the malevolent spirits of Mesopotamian texts to the fallen angels ...

American archaeologists working in Iraq have uncovered a massive, extremely rare carving which depicts King Ashurbanipal of ...

Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular ...

Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heildelberg have made a spectacular ...

The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of Uruk, from which Iraq gets its name. Now, a ...