BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...

In reality, after the Assyrian captivity from 720 BC and after the Babylonian captivity from 586 BC, there had not been an ...

Celebrating the New Year was a popular custom around the world in ancient times. How was it celebrated in Alexander the Great ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...

Waššukanni has never been found and some scholars think that it may be located in northeastern Syria. The people who lived in ...

This is part of a lecture presented by historian Homer Abramian explainining on how, for the first time in recorded history, excavators such as Émile Botta and Austen Henry Layard uncovered the ruins ...

This ancient artifact may be more than just a map—it could reveal how the Assyrians understood the stars, time, and even the divine. In this video, we explore the meanings behind an Assyrian star map ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A new restaurant serving a fusion of Persian and American cuisine is preparing to open in a north Columbus neighborhood. Linworth Grill is coming to 2245 W. Dublin Granville ...

A group of excavators recently uncovered the first-ever Assyrian inscription found in Jerusalem — shedding light on ancient power struggles described in the Bible. The inscription, which was carved on ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in the Old Testament. “For me as a historian, this is somewhat ...

When it was made: Between 865 and 860 B.C. This carved relief from Nimrud, a major city of the ancient Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq, regularly drifts around the internet as purported evidence ...

Beneath layers of earth in the ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh, a team of archaeologists from Heidelberg University has uncovered one of the most significant finds in decades in the region. The ...