Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his ...

Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ... which had all graced the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II nearly 3,000 years ago.

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. The city is located 4 miles south-west of ...

The British Museum has introduced sensory-rich immersive experience in two galleries, working with design and innovation ...

an orphan raised on the outskirts of an empire: Queen. Nothing about Semiramis’s upbringing could have foretold her legacy. But when she meets a young representative of the new Assyrian king ...

Revolving around two career criminals and a Thameside mansion, The Burial Plot is a gripping historical thriller about murder ...

The Polish-Armenian Archaeological Expedition has completed its first season of research at the site of Argishtikhinili. This ...