David Damrosch In November 1872, George Smith was working at the British ... in Assyria of the 7th and 8th centuries B.C.—references to oxen, slaves, casks of wine, petitions to kings, contracts ...

In 1911, the explorer Gertrude Bell visited the German excavations at Ashur, the founding capital of the Assyrian empire ... Mr. Hammer reports meeting an unnamed curator at the British Museum for ...

A particularly rich find was the library of Ashurbanipal, last great king of Assyria: in the 1850s ... tablets and fragments home to the British Museum; gradually scholars began to piece them ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits.

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

King Charles III will not be handing over the throne to his son, Prince William, despite the latter quietly taking on more duties to support his father. The British monarch is currently battling ...

President Trump said Friday he liked the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after a report claimed King Charles III would make an offer. "I love King Charles," Trump wrote ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a ...

Actor Akshay Kumar has expressed his hope that both the British government and King Charles will watch his upcoming film Kesari Chapter 2 and come to terms with the historical wrongs of the past.

For many in the U.S. and around the world, the negative attitudes toward the new king prompted the question: Why didn’t British citizens want Charles to be king? “Queen Elizabeth II had the ...