Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University Sifting ...
A wall relief fragment depicting Ashurbanipal between two gods: Ashur and Ishtar. (Heidelberg University) In May 2025, archaeologists excavating ancient Nineveh announced the discovery of a ...
Ancient Assyrian clay tablets held at the British Museum in London. (Alamy) Ashurbanipal is having a moment. Some 2,600 years after his death, the King of Assyria has been the subject of a major ...