Scholars participating in the conference and one of the organizers, Kyriacos Batsaras, who is the head of the Assyrian Union of Greece, called on the government of Greece to officially recognize the ...

This was the office of Salem Abdullah, archaeological director of the ancient city of Assur, which once thrived on this rock as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. Abdullah, who was raised in a ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

A stunning 12-ton relief depicting Assyrian deities has been uncovered beneath the ancient palace of King Ashurbanipal.

The relief shows the seventh-century BC ruler of the Assyrian empire alongside two prominent deities and other figures. It ...

Fictional Figures of a Reconstructed Golden Age. Yigal Bin-Nun . Following the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel, the need arose—particularly during ...

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.

The Syriac Orthodox Church tells it’s members to ‘meditate on Christ’s words’: ‘Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you.’ ...

The queen definitely lived in the Assyrian Empire between the ninth and eighth centuries B.C., was married to King Shamshi-Adad V, who reigned from 823 to 811 B.C., and was the mother of King Adad ...

The relief, discovered in the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal, is among the most significant finds in recent years, offering new insights into the religious iconography and political symbolism of ...

In 1845, an Englishman named Austen Henry Layard set out from Constantinople in search of Nineveh, the last capital of the Assyrian Empire ... palace built by king Ashurbanipal, who ruled in ...