Researchers have revealed the secrets of the long-forgotten ancient Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin in modern-day Khorsabad ...
Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of ...
The findings will be presented on Monday, 9 December at AGU's 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where more than 28,000 ...
They date back to the Assyrian King Sennacherib ... and were then moved to the Mashki Gate, Fadel Mohammed Khodr, head of the Iraqi archaeological team, told AFP. The Mashki Gate was one of ...
The Assyrian city of Nineveh ... Alamy The lamassu on the right of the Nergal Gate, photographed in 1977 It has been 70% destroyed by IS, with parts of the walls bulldozed and gates which had ...