Sargon II's building project was largely forgotten. In the 1800s, French archaeologists rediscovered the site. Their excavation of Sargon's palace uncovered treasures of Neo-Assyrian art and ...

A photograph shared to social media in March 2025 showed a large, partially buried headless statue alongside excavators. With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was ...

It was constructed during the reign of King Sargon II, who ruled the Assyrian empire ... A 19th century illustration showing what Sargon's palace at Dur-Sharrukin may have looked like.

Sargon II's son and successor ... unearthed Khorsabad's palace, including iconic “Lamassu” statues of winged bulls with human heads that are now at the Louvre. Beyond the palace and the ...

U.S. authorities turned over more than 60 stolen artifacts to Iraq Monday (March 16), including gold-plated items from Saddam Hussein's palace and a limestone head of the Assyrian king Sargon II ...