The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

Thabet Mekhail is working tirelessly to restore and rebuild ancient Assyrian artefacts that were damaged and destroyed during the devastating ISIS occupation of Mosul in Iraq. Iraq’s second ...

The leaders of most modern countries exploit a powerful political tool - the power of images. These techniques, in fact, were invented thousands of years ago by the leaders of the Ancient World.

The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...

Detail of a remarkably preserved marble relief on a tablet found at Mashki Gate, showing a high-ranking captive of the Assyrians. (Penn Museum) Something wonderful happened as Iraqi and University of ...

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Archaeologists in northern Iraq have discovered the remains of a massive villa, royal gardens and other structures buried deep underground at what was once the ancient Assyrian capital of ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...

The playwright Euripides introduces us to the various forms of Ancient Greek architecture, theatre and culture. Art. Theatre. Architecture. We Ancient Greeks are very, very creative. Take me for ...

When it comes to Wat Pho, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, the namesake giant statue, and the surrounding chedis inlaid with kaleidoscopic mosaics, are some of the standard sights. What aren ...