As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

The Assyrian Empire was relatively short-lived, but its legacy shaped later civilizations, not least in the way Assyrian military tactics were adopted by future armies. So, how much do you know ...

(Margot Stout Whiting, Assyria 1995 - The Glory and Fall of the Assyrian Empire) "Thus, the Assyrian king, in perpetrating actions - sometimes including atrocities - which put the enemy into panic, ...

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.), ...

But before it gets too exciting about ancient scuba lessons, let's dive deeper into what this discovery reveals about the impressive technological achievements of the Assyrian Empire. Maybe this could ...

My grandmother was Assyrian. She hailed from Iraq, spoke modern Aramaic, and prayed like clockwork each morning before preparing breakfast. My grandmother's story seems unremarkable, but to take ...

The king's role in expanding, defending, and marking the borders of the Empire has been studied rather well ... renowned and esteemed international scholars from the field of Neo-Assyrian studies, and ...

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 ...