Sure, it was important to keep track of commercial and economic details, but it was just as important to write out ancient ...

Akitu in Ancient Mesopotamia In ancient Babylon, Akitu was celebrated over 12 days and consisted of religious, political, and ...

Families at St. Mary's Assyrian Church are counting down to April 1, as these Christian believers prepare to mark 6,776 years ...

The ancient Assyrians have been judged somewhat unfairly as brutal people whose only desire was to conquer their neighbors. Although this is true to some extent, it overlooks the important role the ...

A bidding war at Christie's this week sent the price of a 3,000-year-old stone relief from $7 million to more than $28 million, setting a world record for ancient Assyrian artworks and raising fears ...

This is the first time archaeologists have found an image of a major god inside an Assyrian palace. In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late 19th century drawing of an Assyrian lion symbol published by French excavator Victor Place. King Sargon II was a big fan of ...

The Northwest Palace of King Ashur-nasir-pal II served as a model for centuries of Assyrian architecture that followed it. Samuel Paley, a professor of classics at the State University of New York at ...

One of the best-known images of the ancient Near East is an intriguing nineteenth-century color lithograph reconstructing the throne room of an Assyrian palace. Executed shortly after the ...

Armenia is the most homogenous country in the post-Soviet world, with 98% of its citizens identified as ethnic Armenians.