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

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...