I was recently in Yerevan, Armenia, sitting among a crowd gathered for European Heritage Days 2025 and the Day of National Minorities in Armenia. The air was alive with color and music. On stage, the ...

Cleveland brothers Dr. Rabi Hanna and Dr. Gabi Hanna have been recognized as two of Crain’s Cleveland Business’ Notables in Health Care Technology. Together they are driving transformational research ...

Lamassu are human-headed, eagle-winged, bulls or lions that once protected cities in Mesopotamia. They were believed to be very powerful creatures, and served both as a clear reminder of the king’s ...

Dur-Sharrukin is an ancient Assyrian city that was founded towards the end of the 8 th century BC. The city was established by Sargon II to serve as his new capital. Nevertheless, Sargon died before / ...

Athens -- Visitors to the Acropolis Museum today were met with a striking new sight on the west side of its outdoor terrace -- a monumental sculpture in the form of a winged bull. On closer inspection ...

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, a colossal lamassu statue has been unearthed in Nineveh, Iraq, offering unprecedented insights into the art and history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. A ...

A colossal lamassu, a massive winged bull with a human head, has been unearthed in northern Iraq, marking the discovery of the largest of its kind ever found. Standing approximately six meters (20 ...

A major Iraqi-German archaeological mission has unearthed a second winged bull that adorned the palace of Esarhaddon in Nineveh, Iraq. The find, unveiled by Culture Minister Ahmed Fakak al-Badrani, ...

Isa Cruz FINDING RELIEF: The Yadgar Endowment supports the BCMA Assyrian reliefs. The fund sponsored a talk by Wafaa Bilal, an Iraqi-born artist who uses performance to process his heritage and ...

The main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Uruk king is a likely candidate to have been the biblical king Nimrod. Credits: Kadumago, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Archaeologists in ...

The past holds many secrets. We just need to know where to dig. The Facebook page 'Archaeology World' is an excellent source for everyone interested in what the ancient Greek architects, 18th-century ...

Major Mike Atkinson, who has died aged 67, was a bomb-disposal officer who dealt with more than 1,000 explosive-related incidents in a career which saw him defuse bombs in Northern Ireland, as well as ...