Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...

In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...

What it tells us about the past: This carved relief from Nimrud, a major city of the ancient Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq, regularly drifts around the internet as purported evidence for ...

Ancient Assyrian capital that's been abandoned for 2,700 years revealed in new magnetic survey. Story by Margherita Bassi • 1d. A rchaeologists in northern Iraq have discovered the remains of a ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three Victorian amateurs were determined to solve the puzzle.

Ancient Germanic Warriors Took Drugs When Preparing for Battle, Study Suggests Researchers in Poland have hypothesized that warriors used spoon-like artifacts to administer drugs during Roman ...

The revelation gives a fresh perspective on the debate about women as ancient warriors. The researchers are careful not to suggest that the woman carried the bow in war—rather than for hunting ...

New Assyrian Artifact Discovered in Ancient Iraqi Palace. Clip: Season 21 Episode 4 | 1m 40s Video has Closed Captions | CC. This is the first time archaeologists have found an image of a major ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried underground. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...