A rchaeologists have unearthed a stunning 2,700-year-old sculpture in Iraq, uncovering new details about the ancient Assyrian civilization. The incredible find, a lamassu-a mythical creature with ...

The items displayed Syrian and Phoenician iconography in addition to central Assyrian Art. The treasures Belonged to: Yaba, Queen of Tiglathpileser III, king of Assyria 744-727 Banitu, Queen of ...

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.), ...

A wall sculpture dating back 3000 years to King Sennacherib, King of Assyria (705-681 BCE) has been vandalised for the second time in a few years by vandals using painted Islamic slogans.

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an Assyrian sculpture that guarded the gates of one of the most fabled cities in antiquity; and a looted Sumerian seal stolen in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.