This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

“This is quite enigmatic.” At the center of the relief is King Ashurbanipal, with Ashur and Ishtar at his sides. The gods are flanked by fish and scorpion deities. The presence of the latter ...

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Credit: Aaron Schmitt / Universität Heidelberg At the center of the relief now discovered by the University of Heidelberg is the figure of King Ashurbanipal, the last great ruler of the Assyrian ...

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