Despite this, Samas-sumu-ukin’s letters never referred to his brother as a superior, always addressing him as “my brother”, while consistently referring to Esarhaddon as “the king, my father”.

Numbering in the thousands, many originated from Nineveh’s library, built by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in the seventh century B.C. Created when the Neo-Assyrian Empire stretched from Egypt ...

Assyrian King Ashurbanipal in the 7th century BCE was a collector of clay tablets, the first version of a book collection in recorded history. But the true habit of hanging on to interesting ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as ... He was succeeded by Ashurbanipal. Ashurbanipal built a new palace, now known as the Northern Palace, and ...

The Assyrian Australian Association launched the Ashurbanipal Library on Thursday, May 5, 2022, with more than 300 invited guests celebrating the occasion at Eden Venues in Bonnyrigg. The Evening ...