"The finding bears witness to the exercise of Assyrian hegemony in the region ... which revealed a decorative rock relief carved into a wall panel. The panel depicts a procession of gods and ...

TEHRAN - A team of German archaeologists from Heidelberg University has made a major archaeological breakthrough in the ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

The newly discovered relief depicts King Ashurbanipal in a divine conference with two preeminent Assyrian deities.

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

Archaeologists uncovered a relief of King Ashurbanipal with Assyrian gods in ancient Nineveh, offering new insight into ...

"Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities," states the head of the excavations in the North Palace, Prof. Dr. Aaron Schmitt of the ...

The relief panel is the only surviving representation of an Assyrian king and queen dining and is one of the few images of royal women. The gypsum sculpture was excavated in the north palace of ...

Housed in the British Museum's Northwest Palace collection, an intriguing Assyrian relief has sparked intense debate about ... Located in Room B, Panel 11 (catalog number WA124541) of the British ...

A recent discovery in Israel may corroborate an epic biblical account of an angel of the Lord wiping out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, an independent scholar claims. Stephen Compton, an independent ...