More than 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians in Nineveh built the first great empire in human history. Excelling in science, engineering and warfare, they were the beginnings of modern civilization. But ...

The ancient Assyrians have been judged somewhat unfairly as brutal people whose only desire was to conquer their neighbors. Although this is true to some extent, it overlooks the important role the ...

Assyrian sickle sword, Late fourteenth to early thirteenth century BCE: reign of Adad-nirari I (c. 1307-1275 BC) (Met Museum) Warfare is a part of history that has played an important role in human ...

In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...

Ancient soldiers described hearing and seeing ghosts talking to them, who would be the ghosts of people they'd killed in battle – and that's exactly the experience of modern-day soldiers who've been ...