Today, the Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrian Empire and one of the earliest civilizations emerging in Mesopotamia. Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is ...

COMMENTARY: War-torn Syria was the site 10 years ago of one of the saddest and triumphant human rights crises in history.

The settlement was known as Dur-Sharrukin and it was constructed during the reign of King Sargon II, who ruled the Assyrian empire from 721 B.C. until he died in 705 B.C., according to the ...

Moreover, they are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians- builders of the earliest civilization. Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded details of the ...

Wolter Peeters. Plate up. Everything about baklava is deceptively complex. To begin with, its origin: is it Ancient Greek?

Sennacherib's Annals detail how he returned to Assyria after receiving tribute from King Hezekiah of Judah, who was allowed ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

In what's now Iraq, the Assyrians created a model of empire which would last for centuries. Established powers ruling Egypt and China were invaded by outsiders, and indeed, across the whole world ...

In trying to understand the present it is helpful to examine it from the perspective of the past. In the Book of Judges, we find the familiar story of Samson ...

Edom's political autonomy was slightly curtailed when the Assyrian Empire expanded its reach into Levant from its base in northern Mesopotamia during the 8 th and 7 th centuries. "Edom escaped ...