The 19th-century British archaeologist excavated in Nineveh and Nimrud ... is referenced in a large clay brick (701-693 BCE) from Penn Museum's collection. Its Assyrian inscription translates to, ...

Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the ...

Lina Ghotmeh has been chosen to redesign a third of the British Museum's gallery space.(PA media) The galleries house ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrians and Middle Eastern objects along ...

The head of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage revealed that 27,000 artifacts have been returned to the Iraqi National Museum.

The galleries house ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrians and Middle Eastern ... Her competition submission for the British Museum said she wanted to “reimagine together, sharing in a ...

Protests have led to donors’ names being scrubbed from gallery walls — but private money is needed now more than ever ...

Last month, the British Museum announced Lebanese firm Lina Ghotmeh Architecture as the winner of a competition to redesign ...

The British Museum launched the competition last year ... house ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, and Middle Eastern objects, including the disputed Parthenon Marbles.

Years Ago Assyrians Recorded the Earliest ‘Magic of the Auroras’ While Skygazing on Stone Tablets Humans spent many of their ...

Political uncertainties may be deterring organisations from funding the €260m worth of restoration work needed to repair and ...

Among the most striking and memorable exhibits in the British Museum are the Assyrian reliefs depicting the royal hunt. These huge panels show the king, Ashurbanipal, shooting, spearing and stabbing a ...