The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding that loyal subjects ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," ...

A newfound pottery sherd has cuneiform text from the Assyrian Empire asking the Kingdom of Judah about a late tribute payment ...

A fragment of The Death of Sardanapalus, a painting by Delacroix restored by the Louvre in 2023. (Wikimedia Commons) There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to ...

"The inscription provides direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," said Dr Ayala Zilberstein of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

This is the first time archaeologists have found an image of a major god inside an Assyrian palace. In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king ...

Historical evidence showing communication between the Assyrian Empire and the king of Judah has been discovered next to the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation. The ...

The Palace of Sennacherib, the Assyrian King who captured Jerusalem about 700 before the Christian era, has been unearthed by a University of Chicago expedition. Prof. Edward Chiera. just returned ...

Detail of a courtyard in the palace at Ninevah during the Assyrian Empire, illustration by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853. (British Museum) The eclipse is coming. Preparations are underway, and ...