A team of German archaeologists excavating in the ancient city of Nineveh, located near the modern Iraqi capital of Mosul, have announced an "extraordinary" discovery within the throne room of the ...
A wall relief fragment depicting Ashurbanipal between two gods: Ashur and Ishtar. (Heidelberg University) In May 2025, archaeologists excavating ancient Nineveh announced the discovery of a ...
Ancient Assyrian clay tablets held at the British Museum in London. (Alamy) Ashurbanipal is having a moment. Some 2,600 years after his death, the King of Assyria has been the subject of a major ...