This tiny fragment belied a find of Biblical proportions. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in ...

In the first of its kind, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), an "extremely rare" pottery shard bearing a cuneiform inscription in the Akkadian language from about 2,700 years ago was ...

A number of artifacts with inscriptions have survived the destruction of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud. Live Science showed photographs of some of the inscriptions to scholars who were able to ...

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," according to an excavation expert. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a ...

Grant Frame, an associate professor of Assyriology in the School of Arts & Sciences and associate curator of the Penn Museum's Babylonian Section. (Penn Museum) Amidst the Islamic State's destruction ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ancient drawing of a demon blamed for epileptic seizures has been discovered on a ...

The first diagnosis to handle infertility was made 4,000 years ago as depicted on an ancient Assyrian clay tablet that was discovered by Turkish researchers in central Kayseri province. The research ...

MR. KING'S modest little volume on the Assyrian language will, we believe, be welcomed by many who are not Assyriologists, because it contains a brief but lucid exposition of the principles upon which ...

A recently discovered inscription of the Assyrian King Sargon II found at the ruins of the ancient city of Karkemish has been translated. The text implies that Sargon may have been planning to make ...

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—According to a Live Science report, a rare drawing of a demon has been discovered on a 2,700-year-old Assyrian clay tablet held at Berlin’s Vorderasiatisches Museum by Troels Pank ...