A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the ...

A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

This inscription linked the artifact to the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, whose rule marked the emergence of the Neo-Assyrian ...

1115 B.C. (3635) Tiglath-Pileser establishes the second Assyrian Empire. The Aramean invasions of Assyria begin. 934 B.C. (3816) Ashur-dan II establishes the Neo-Assyrian empire. The Empire unifies ...

a historian who specializes in the Neo-Assyrian Empire who was not involved in the Khorsabad survey, told Live Science in an email. Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II started building his giant new ...

This imperial ideology becomes a powerful survival mechanism in the hands of the Assyrians. Of course, the Neo-Assyrian empire ended in a cataclysmic event in 612 B.C.. This should not , however, be ...

A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried ...

Despite its hostile geography, rebellious vassals, and the constant pressure from the Assyrian Empire, the Urartians managed to survive and thrive. Against more powerful enemies like Assyria, the ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

The king's role in expanding, defending, and marking the borders of the Empire has been studied rather well ... renowned and esteemed international scholars from the field of Neo-Assyrian studies, and ...