Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...

The Assyrians kept thousands of religious cuneiform tablets written in the Akkadian language. The reason why Assyriologists today know so much about Assyrian literature is because the Assyrians were ...

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

ISIS’ Latest Victims: Assyrian Christians ISIS has reportedly raided more than a dozen villages in northeastern Syria, capturing hundreds of the region's Assyrian Christians.

A stunning 12-ton relief depicting Assyrian deities has been uncovered beneath the ancient palace of King Ashurbanipal.

In his new book, Eckart Frahm describes the rise of Assyria from a peaceful city-state to a combative imperial power.

The ongoing legal conflict surrounding the Turkish government’s seizure of dozens of properties from the Syriac Orthodox Church has left the religious minority fearing for their survival in the ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — On Oct. 15, hundreds of Turkey’s Assyrian Syriac Christians gathered in Istanbul’s leafy Yeşilköy neighborhood to witness the inauguration of Mor Ephrem Syriac Orthodox ...

No kindly kulture in that kind of kustom. ASSYRIAN RELIGION A BORROWER Their religion was closely related to the earlier Sumerian and Babylonian belief systems. It was polytheism on a grand scale.

One shrine contained a monumental stone dais decorated with cuneiform inscriptions attributed to King Ashurnasirpal II, offering insights into ancient Assyrian religious practices.