(The Trustees of the British Museum) The correspondence between Sargon II, king of Assyria (721-705 BC), and his governors and magnates is the largest text corpus of this kind known from antiquity and ...

The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved the capital to Dur-Sharukin (modern Khorshabad) in 717 B.C. ... Atalia, Queen of Sargon II, king of ...

Taken together, the four inscriptions establish at least the bare bones of her story: The queen definitely lived in the Assyrian Empire between the ninth and eighth centuries B.C., was married to ...

The Kingdom of Bashan, with its strategic geography and rich natural resources, formed a central pillar in the construction ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

Denmark has a new king following the historic abdication of the country's longest-reigning monarch Queen Margrethe II. Braving near freezing temperatures, thousands of people converged on central ...

News about Abdullah II, King of Jordan, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Jonathan Joss was allegedly escorted out of a TV festival after expressing disappointment in not being asked to be part of the “King of the Hill” panel. The actor, who voiced John Redcorn in ...

The husband of the King of the Hill voice actor fatally shot in south San Antonio Sunday claims the attack was a homophobia-fueled hate crime.. Tristan Kern de Gonzales, who identified himself as ...

The King was met with a 21-gun salute as he arrived at the headquarters of the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Larkhill, Wiltshire. The King fires an artillery piece during his visit to the Royal ...

Officials have confirmed it as belonging to King Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, who lived 3,500 years ago. Little is known about King Thutmose II, ...