The earliest aerial photograph of Jerusalem (lower left) with an oval fortification visible on a hill in the upper right. (Library of Congress) A peer-reviewed paper in the prestigious journal Near ...

Nothing new under the sun. Professional soldiers enlisted by the Assyrian Dynasty in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, first went through a year-long bootcamp, which could have also involved civil ...

Researchers in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient military base that may provide clues of a battle ground for God’s army against Assyrian soldiers who came to conquer the Holy Land around 2,700 ...

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

The Assyrians utilized their military prowess to establish what Assyriologists refer to as the Neo-Assyrian Empire (934-610 BCE). The Neo-Assyrian Empire carried on the religious and cultural ...

Ruler of the Neo-Assyrian empire from 721-704 BCE, Sargon II oversaw huge portions of ancient Mesopotamia, and is considered one of the era’s greatest military strategists.

The Assyrians had a mighty and well-equipped army that, in the early eighth century BCE, rapidly quelled growing rebellion in the Southern Levant. In 721 BCE the Kingdom of Israel was conquered.

A previously unexplored section of one ancient city has now been uncovered. What was found changes our understanding of how one crucial Biblical king met his demise.

They include eight finely made marble bas-relief carvings depicting war scenes from the rule of the Assyrian kings in the ancient city of Nineveh, a local Iraqi official said Wednesday. Discovered ...

More than 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians in Nineveh built the first great empire in human history. Excelling in science, engineering and warfare, they were the beginnings of modern civilization.

So this is how the Assyrians pray in front of their god. And it's, it could could really be his finger. Yeah. Oh, my God. This is so exciting. Let's see. Ah. Oh, this is awesome. Oh, it's his hand ...

An ancient lamassu, a statue of a winged bull, was rediscovered in Khorsabad. ... Assyrian king Sargon II ordered the construction of his own city in what is now Iraq.