Dr. Sophie Lund Rasmussen at the excavation site. (Sophie Lund Rasmussen) A unique clay brick, originating from the ancient city of Kalhu, contains plant DNA from almost 3,000 years ago. Currently ...

The mother of Christina, the 3 year-old Assyrian girl kidnapped by ISIS, shortly after arriving in Ankawa from Baghdede. (AINA) -- The mother of Christina Khader Ebada, a 3 year-old Assyrian girl who ...

A rare scarab amulet from the First Temple period was recently discovered by a hiker in the Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve in the Lower Galilee and turned over to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad. A newly-unearthed Assyrian Lamassu (human-headed winged bull) ...

An Israeli army reservist stumbled upon a 2,800-year-old Assyrian scarab amulet while hiking in northern Israel's Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve during a day off, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

The relief, discovered in the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal, is among the most significant finds in recent years, offering new insights into the religious iconography and political symbolism of ...

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 ...

Rabban Hormizd Monastery in the town of Alqosh, which has been the site of recent tensions due to the forced removal of its elected Assyrian mayor Fayez Abed Jawahreh and his replacement with a ...

ISIS militants have flattened the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, an archaeological site near the city of Mosul, using heavy military vehicles, AP reports. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of ...