The cuneiform tablets provided an original resource for the fascinating study of the pre-Hittite (circa 1940 BC to 1740 BC) network of Assyrian merchant colonies in Bronze Age Anatolia.

Drawing of Assyrian Demon Blamed for Epileptic Seizures Found on a 2,700-Yr-Old Clay Tablet, Belonged to a Family of ...

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 ...

Partially reconstructed lamassus -- depictions of an Assyrian deity with a human ... not far from tablets bearing ancient cuneiform text. - 'Complex operation' - "These sculptures are the ...

Partially reconstructed lamassus -- depictions of an Assyrian deity with a human ... not far from tablets bearing ancient cuneiform text. "These sculptures are the treasures of Mesopotamia ...

Among the British Museum’s prodigious collection of cuneiform tablets and fragments ... His image of Sennacherib, the Assyrian king from 704 to 681 BC, engaged in the first hunt for relics of the ...