From ancient stone tablets to preserved manuscripts, libraries have served as vital centers of knowledge and culture for millennia. The world's oldest libraries, some still functioning today, offer a ...

Everyone knows the Great Pyramid and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, but countless other ancient marvels were left off the famous list. In this cinematic 3D documentary, we explore seven forgotten ...

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The relief, discovered in the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal, is among the most significant finds in recent years, offering new insights into the religious iconography and political symbolism of ...

A huge stone slab discovered near the Iraqi city of Mosul offers new clues to the major deities of the ancient Assyrians, who ruled one of antiquity’s great empires. Unearthed by a German team at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Nineveh—now Mosul, Iraq—have unearthed a gigantic statue depicting King Ashurbanipal ...

It’s a remarkably rare discovery both because of its size and what it depicts. Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Nineveh—now Mosul, Iraq—have unearthed a gigantic statue depicting King ...

In 1845, an Englishman named Austen Henry Layard set out from Constantinople in search of Nineveh, the last capital of the Assyrian Empire. He was 28 years old, held no formal training in archaeology, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation. The ...