Palace big. Like the kind built for the Assyrian King, Sargon II. Never mind that Sargon's reign ended a long time ago, in 705 B.C. He was an ancient ruler whose style coincided with the Samson ...

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 ...

The limestone head is valued at $1 million to $2 million and comes from the Palace of Sargon II, an Assyrian ruler whose palace was in Nineveh, a town on the Tigris River north of Baghdad.

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.

In the 1800s, French archaeologists rediscovered the site of Dur-Sharrukin. The excavation of Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin uncovered treasures of Neo-Assyrian art and culture. However ...

In "A New Historical Inscription of Sargon II from Karkemish," published in the ... deports Pisiri and his supporters, destroys his palace, seizes his riches as booty and incorporates Pisiri's ...

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 ...

American officials will return approximately 65 stolen artifacts to the government of Iraq at a ceremony held at the Iraqi consulate in Washington, D.C. today, the New York Times reports.