The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

A Mesopotamian myth from nearly 4,000 years ago tells of a man who builds a boat to save the world from a divine flood, long ...

AnuZigguratUruk #WarkaIraq #WhiteTemple Explore Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, where one of the cradles of civilization and ...

The relief shows the seventh-century BC ruler of the Assyrian empire alongside two prominent deities and other figures. It ...

The Dark Side of Ancient Mesopotamia ...

He is flanked by two high deities: the god Assur and the city ... is considered one of the most important cities in northern Mesopotamia and developed into the capital of the Assyrian empire ...

The ancient city is considered to be one of the most important parts of North Mesopotamia ... the Assyrian Empire have not contained many deities. “Among the many relief images of Assyrian ...

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

It was beneath the palace’s throne room that his team recently unearthed the rare stone slab carved with the likeness of King Ashurbanipal, as well as two Mesopotamian deities—Ashur ...

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have made a discovery in Iraq, unearthing fragments of a monumental bas-relief dating back to the 7th century BCE in the throne room of the North Palace of ...