The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and complex links with neighbors.

Assyria is located in north Mesopotamia and spans four countries: In Syria it extends west to the Euphrates river; in Turkey it extends north to Harran, Edessa, Diyarbakir, and Lake Van; in Iran it ...

Assyria stands out in history as the fountainhead of empire. It was perhaps the first state to subdue the bulk of its world, extending in every direction until its frontiers consisted almost entirely ...

In 763 BCE, within the vast and powerful Assyrian Empire centered around the city of Nineveh, a remarkable and somewhat eerie event occurred. On June 15, in the full light of day, the world ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning 2,700-year-old sculpture in Iraq, uncovering new details about the ancient Assyrian civilization. The incredible find, a lamassu-a mythical creature with the ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient Assyrian inscription that may shed light on historical events described in the Old Testament. The discovery, a tiny 2.5-centimeter pottery shard ...

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The Long Road to Glory. A small town on the Tigris -- Birth of a kingdom -- Disruption and recovery -- The crown in crisis -- Empire. The great expansion -- On the edges of empire -- A ghost story -- ...

New York: Basic Hachette, 2024. Pp. xx, 508+. Illus., maps, table, notes, index. $22.99 paper. ISBN: 1541605152 The Bad Boys of the Old Testament. Most of us are familiar with the later Assyrians as ...