the word "Mudawwara" could mean a place where a sultan placed a military camp. This suggests that people who lived at the ...

(Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq, Third Edition ... scenes was to reinforce in the minds of visiting rulers and ambassadors their consciousness of Assyrian military might. In other rooms of the palace the ...

An archaeologist's discovery may corroborate parts of an epic biblical story detailing an infamous siege of Jerusalem. In a ...

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.), ...

including the Assyrians. The ancient site of Numrud before (below) and after (above) it was destroyed by ISIS miltants. Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Hissein Malla and U.S. Army via AP Therefore ...