Scientists have found what they have described as a "unique time capsule" in the bricks of the ancient palace of King Ashurnasirpal II. Using modern biotechnology, researchers from the University of ...

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.), ...

Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud (Calah), Iraq c. 850 B.C. The grand palace of Assurnasirpal (Ashurnasirpal) II was one of the most incredible sites of ...

This Assyrian relief depicting a protective apkallu mythological figure anointing King Ashurnasirpal II was excavated at the site of modern-day Nimrud, ancient Kalhu. Dr. Henri Bryon Haskell, Medical ...

2,900 years ago, Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II declared a sun-baked mud brick as his. Can it now reconstruct the environment he lived in? This 2,900-year-old brick, fashioned from mud and baked in ...

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 Metropolitan Museum of Art created this video flythrough of the spectacular Northwest Palace of Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (reigned: 883 to 859 BC) in the city alternately known as Numrud, ...

An Assyrian gypsum relief of a Winged Genius. Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, circa 883-859 BC 7 ft 4 in x 6 ft 5 in (223.5 x 195.5 cm). Estimate on request. (image ...

A pair of large Assyrian relief sculptures, similar to those recently destroyed by Islamic extremists in Iraq, has been quietly removed from an historic mansion in Scotland and sold abroad for £8m, ...