Rare Assyrian inscription found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists have unearthed an extraordinary Assyrian inscription from the First Temple period in Jerusalem—the first of its kind to be discovered in the city. The tiny fragment of pottery, just 2.5 centimeters in diameter and inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform, was discovered close to the Temple Mount’s Western Wall...

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Assyrian relief of King Ashurbanipal unearthed in Nineveh

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University unearthed a groundbreaking find in Iraq’s city of Nineveh: an ancient Assyrian monument relief that contributes significantly to our current knowledge of the Assyrian Empire’s political and religious symbolism...

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