ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, ...

Later layers showed evidence of Assyrian occupation, when Megiddo was the capital of the province of Magiddu and home to a mixed population of Israelites and deportees from around the Assyrian Empire.

Later layers showed evidence of Assyrian occupation, when Megiddo was the capital of the province of Magiddu and home to a mixed population of Israelites and deportees from around the Assyrian Empire.

Excavating in Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital, in what is now Northern Iraq, they discovered 2,700-year-old sculpted marble reliefs depicting the reign of King Sennacherib. Recovery of the ...