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This page is concerned with dispelling some of the misconceptions and myths which abound concerning the ancient Assyrians. These scholarly quotes and historical references show how the ancient ...

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.), ...

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

Today known as Mosul in Iraq, Nineveh was then the most splendid – and largest – city on Earth, and the seat of the Neo-Assyrian empire that spanned from Turkey in the west to Iran in the east.

Group identities are fostered by two main aspects: inner cohesion and clear delineation against the outside. While in the case of Mesopotamian cities walls clearly demarcate an in- and outside for the ...

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 ...