A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Figures are shown complete and not half submerged which is typical of Assyrian art. There is an inscription written in ...

The Assyrian Empire's military success wasn't just about having the biggest army or the sharpest swords--it was about outsmarting its opponents through innovative tactical solutions. The flotation ...

Despite its hostile geography, rebellious vassals, and the constant pressure from the Assyrian Empire, the Urartians managed to survive and thrive. A recent study published in the Tarih Dergisi, ...

A long-lost Assyrian military camp recently found by a Near Eastern archaeology scholar may provide insight and corroborate a biblical account.

Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, whose exploits of laying siege to Lachish and Jerusalem are detailed in the Hebrew Bible, have finally been identified, a scholar says. At the ...

Researchers in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient military base that may provide clues of a battle ground for God's army against Assyrian soldiers who came to conquer the Holy Land around 2,700 ...

Stephen Compton, an independent scholar specialising in Near Eastern archaeology, used a modern mapping technique to find the discovery of, what he believes, are ancient Assyrian military camps ...

While it's interesting to ponder how much of the world the Assyrian army might have conquered if they'd had scuba gear, the humble goat skin still represents a key invention that helped them ...