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

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

Although only two centuries had passed, Xenophon had no inkling the ruins he encountered were Assyrian. In time, Assyria’s fearful reign receded into myth, and its arrow-like script—known as ...

Many of our practices and behaviours go back four thousand years. For example, the Danish archaeologists found evidence that Failakawis dove for pearls 4000 years ago, but the elementary history books ...

As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time ...

Although only two centuries had passed, Xenophon had no inkling the ruins he encountered were Assyrian. In time, Assyria’s fearful reign receded into myth, and its arrow-like script—known as cuneiform ...

World leaders send condolences after Pope's death Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani offered his “unwavering ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a reeking, violet-stained factory where crushed sea snails once fueled the elite’s obsession ...

Ruins coalesced like a blueprint into housing ... all this has ever been excavated,” Abdullah said. “There were 117 Assyrian kings. When these kings died, they were buried here.” ...

In archaeology, the hills made up of the ruins of successive eras — often ... In that burn layer at Tel Halif, we found Assyrian arrowheads and ballista stones: evidence of the assault that ...