Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia under one roof. This incredible library was forgotten for ...

Born in present-day Qatar, Isaac, Bishop of Nineveh, had abdicated his episcopal office to retreat to the monastery of Rabban Shabour (in present-day southwestern Iran). Australian police labeled ...

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 ...

Assyria, which was located in Mesopotamia, is considered the world's first empire. It existed from 2000 BCE to 612 BCE, and was led by Sennacherib from 705 to 681 BCE. Sennacherib moved the rapidly ...

Set against the backdrop of Nineveh, the capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire, 'Lamassu Falling' immerses readers in a time when plagues and wars ravaged the land. The story unfolds as an ominous ...