and just beyond the Zab [River] the Greeks turned and defeated the archers of Mithridates, marching then on to Larissa, the mound of Nimrud, where Xenophon saw the great Assyrian city of Calah ...

With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was said to depict an "Assyrian Deity that was excavated in Iraq" in 2023. The winged bull figure is lamassu, a likeness ...

Ancient Assyrian artefacts are currently on display ... ancient Akkadian script on a tablet while another shares images of archers on a limestone tablet, found in the city of Nineveh in 1840 ...

Despite its hostile geography, rebellious vassals, and the constant pressure from the Assyrian Empire, the Urartians managed to survive and thrive. Against more powerful enemies like Assyria, the ...