Archaeologists have unlocked a portal to the past through an object that might seem mundane at first glance: a sun-dried ...

This Assyrian relief depicting a protective apkallu mythological figure anointing King Ashurnasirpal II was excavated at the site of modern-day Nimrud, ancient Kalhu. Dr. Henri Bryon Haskell, Medical ...

The Assyrian relief sculptures in this exhibition are some of the most extraordinary pieces in the Bowdoin collection. Carved at the behest of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in the ninth century B ...

BOSTON -- Ashurnasirpal II, Assyria's self-proclaimed "great king, mighty king, king of the universe," invited 70,000 guests to a 10-day housewarming party in 860 BC to show off his impressive new ...

The genetic material was extracted from a clay brick used during construction of a royal palace in the ancient city of Kalhu. An inscription on it revealed it belonged to Ashurnasirpal, king of ...

This handout photograph released on May 21, 2024, by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture shows a Neo-Assyrian relief discovered between 1846 and 1847 in the Centre Palace of Nimrud-Kalhu showing ...