Today, the Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrian Empire and one of the earliest civilizations emerging in Mesopotamia. Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is ...

Moreover, they are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians- builders of the earliest civilization. Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded details of the ...

And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen…” Revelation, 14:08 This verse from the Bible likely sounds familiar to many; it refers to the conquest of the Mesopotamian ...

A rchaeologists have unearthed a stunning 2,700-year-old sculpture in Iraq, uncovering new details about the ancient Assyrian civilization. The incredible find, a lamassu-a mythical creature with ...

The symbols, made of glazed brick, were used to decorate the façades of temples in Dūr-Šarrukīn, which briefly served as the capital of Assyria, a major civilization of ancient Mesopotamia.

The precious pre-Islamic artifacts destroyed by the jihadists are now in pieces, but the archaeologists working in Nimrud are undaunted by the colossal task they face ...

Far from a monolithic region, the Fertile Crescent was home to many ancient civilizations including Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia. Its position between ancient Egypt and the Indus River Valley ...

By 1000 B.C., the Assyrians, who had established a powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia, gained the upper hand. But despite periods of stable rule, Babylon would always fall to someone else.

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

In what's now Iraq, the Assyrians created a model of empire which would last for centuries. Established powers ruling Egypt and China were invaded by outsiders, and indeed, across the whole world ...

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...