Iraqi forces retook control of the site of ancient Nimrud, and since then, reconstruction efforts have been taking place in ...

Archaeologists unveiled new treasures from the ancient Temple of Ninurta in Nimrud, Iraq shedding light on Assyrian ...

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first ...

Despite previous excavations led by the English archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard and then by British archaeologist Sir ...

A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried ...

The Indiana Jones and the Great Circle adventure offers a treasure hunt like no other. Among the most challenging are the Lost Artifacts of Europe, five unique items scattered throughout Vatican City.

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of what is now Iraq. Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project had ...

Visitors were instructed to keep their cats in strollers or bags, and the majority of artifacts were behind protective glass. A visitor and a cat inspect a display case at the "On Top of the ...

It was to be a grand symbol of the Assyrian empire, but the project was abandoned when King Sargon II was unexpectedly ... Despite their best efforts, they came up empty-handed. They found plenty of ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of what is now Iraq. Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project ...