28 September 2026
Assyria’s Lost Queens Were Buried With a Great Gold Treasure to Rival Tutankhamun
The kings of Assyria made certain that history would remember them. Their victories covered palace walls,…
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Nimrud
4 September 2026
Assyrian Capital Nimrud’s 340-Hectare Lower Town Is Finally Coming Into View After Nearly 180 Years
For generations, the story of Nimrud has been told through its palaces, temples, monumental reliefs and…
13 April 2025
Neo-Assyrian Writing Boards: The Role of Beeswax, Orpiment, and Carbon Black in 7th Century BC Writing Techniques
Recent scientific investigations into the writing boards excavated from the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud have…
29 December 2024
Archaeologists Discovered Remarkably Preserved Shrines inside the Assyrian Temple of Ninurta, in Nimrud
Recent archaeological work in Nimrud, led by the Penn Museum in collaboration with Iraqi archaeologists, has…
6 September 2023
Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick
Researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, uncovering a wealth of information…
26 June 2023
A large stone monument depicting the goddess Ishtar has been unearthed in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, working with an Iraqi excavation…
8 September 2022
Rare ivory plaques from First Temple Period were discovered in Jerusalem
An extraordinary find was made in Jerusalem: an assemblage of ivory plaques from the First Temple…