When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

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The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military campaigns of Ashurbanipal, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was discovered in ...

The Assyrian Australian Association has been working hard to revive the Ashurbanipal Library which will be officially launched on 5 May, 2022. Ramsin Warda is the head of the Ashurbanipal Library ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as ... He was succeeded by Ashurbanipal. Ashurbanipal built a new palace, now known as the Northern Palace, and ...

Above the blue star is the image of the Assyrian god Assur, who is guarding the country the flag and the nation it represents. On top of the flagstaff is the standard of King Sargon I, who established ...