A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

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 ...

Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern ... the brick was part of the North-West Palace in Kalhu, now ...

A new study has revealed how Neo-Assyrian writing boards were made, offering the earliest known example of cuneiform writing on wax. These ancient boards, uncovered in the ruins of Nimrud in ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Efforts are underway to rebuild the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq which was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015, Iraq’s culture minister told Rudaw ...

Two days after the ancient city of Nimrud was retaken by Iraqi forces ... Sometimes we feel that the ruins are more important to us than our own lives, our souls and our children." ...