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 ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.

ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, including the city of Mosul in Nineveh province ... served as the capital of ...

After he came to, Jonah went to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian empire, and preached to the people and their king. They all repented, and their city was saved. What amazes me about this ...

As the Assyrian Empire crumbled in 612 BCE ... A burial site? A celestial map? A sacred path for lost rituals? No one knows for certain. While the cairn likely cradles the remains of those ...

Today known as Mosul in Iraq, Nineveh was then the most splendid – and largest – city on Earth, and the seat of the Neo-Assyrian empire that spanned from Turkey in the west to Iran in the east.

ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, including the city of Mosul in Nineveh ... of the Assyrian Empire between ...

Born in present-day Qatar, Isaac, Bishop of Nineveh, had abdicated his episcopal ... Sydney church attack a "terrorist act" against the Assyrian community, descendants of an ancient Eastern ...