Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ...

Release Date: October 26, 2001 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ancient Nineveh and Nimrud, two of the world's greatest ancient archaeological treasures, are in serious danger of being lost ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.

Long ago, an ancient city known as Dur-Sharrukin briefly ... his son and successor moved the capital to the settlement of Nineveh. In the following decades, Dur-Sharrukin was gradually abandoned.

"What makes this exhibit significant," explains, Michael Danti, Director of Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program, "is that our ...

Recovered from Nineveh in the late 19th century ... George Smith not only became an expert in the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia, but also made a discovery that turned contemporary ...

No ancient city was so desired and feared ... he actually appears to be describing the walls of Nineveh, capital of the Assyrian Empire. He describes a hunting scene that resembles no artwork ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.

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"What makes this exhibit significant," explains, Michael Danti, Director of Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program, "is that our excavations inside of one of the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh ...