The excavation of Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin uncovered treasures of Neo-Assyrian art and culture ... development of this short-lived ancient capital. The features identified by the ...

Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II started building his giant new capital — originally called ... unearthed Khorsabad's palace, including iconic “Lamassu” statues of winged bulls with human ...

The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

About 70 per cent of the collection work has been completed at the Assyrian palace site ... have been on display in Mosul and Iraq’s capital Baghdad. The site has also attracted figures like ...

About 70 percent of the collection work has been completed at the Assyrian palace site ... Nimrud have been on display in Mosul and Iraq's capital Baghdad. The site has also attracted figures ...