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

Assyrians are Christians. They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac ...

Three thousand years ago, the world was, as usual, at war. On the face of it this might seem surprising, as the entire population of the world three thousand years ago was only about 50 million ...

As an incarnation of Ninurta, the Son of God, the Assyrian king had two central public roles. On the one hand, he was the defender of the “Kingdom of Heaven” (materialized in the Assyrian Empire) ...

On top of the flagstaff is the standard of King Sargon I, who established the first Assyrian empire. During the ancient times this insignia stood by the king's side to let everyone know his ...

The king's role in expanding, defending, and marking the borders of the Empire has been studied rather well ... The workshop has enlisted renowned and esteemed international scholars from the field of ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as ... At this time the Assyrians had carved an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf but this empire ...

served as the imperial capital of the Assyrian Empire under King Ashurnasirpal II nearly 3,000 years ago. Newsweek notes that the city was a hub of political and religious activity, symbolizing ...

prompting the king's retreat to Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. The locations of the camps constructed during ...