While Assyrians around the world are currently preparing to celebrate their Assyrian ancestors’ tradition of Akitu or the Assyrian New Year, an ancient Assyrian heritage site is being bulldozed ...

Sargon II's son and successor, Sennacherib, then moved the capital to the city of Nineveh, and Khorsabad was abandoned and forgotten for over two millennia. Related: Ancient carvings of Assyrian ...

The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, Nineveh, lie within Mosul in northern Iraq. The worlds 3.5 million Assyrians are currently dispersed with members of the diaspora comprising nearly ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building ... His son quickly set up his own capital in the city of Nineveh, and for the next 2,500 years, Sargon II's building project ...

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Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation ... of one of the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh uncovered sculptures of King Sennacherib ...