Proof of #Bible story about angels killing 185,000 soldiers in a night is uncovered after 2,700 yrs #Researchers have ...

after the Assyrian Empire lost control of the Levant about a century later, it was Assyria's Egyptian allies that filled the power vacuum. According to the Bible, the last king of the Jews, Josiah, ...

served as the imperial capital of the Assyrian Empire under King Ashurnasirpal II nearly 3,000 years ago. Newsweek notes that the city was a hub of political and religious activity, symbolizing ...

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.), ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.

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 ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as ... At this time the Assyrians had carved an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf but this empire ...