A rare Assyrian carving depicting an unfinished scene of deities has been discovered in a network of secret underground tunnels in Başbük, Turkey. Initially discovered by police investigating a tunnel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spectacular find: Monumental images of gods discovered at Nineveh in Iraq German archaeologists have made a spectacular discovery ...

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 divine procession ls led by Hadad, Mesopotamian god of storms (far right, clutching a trio of lightning bolts); the moon god Sîn; the sun god Šamaš; and Atargatis, the region’s goddess of ...

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, a team from Heidelberg University unearthed a massive relief beneath the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, Iraq. The ...

The ancient Assyrians have been judged somewhat unfairly as brutal people whose only desire was to conquer their neighbors. Although this is true to some extent, it overlooks the important role the ...