Sargon II (reigned 722-705 BCE) was one of the most important kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as founder of the Sargonid Dynasty which...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire (934-610 BCE or 912-612 BCE) was, according to many historians, the first true empire in the world. The Assyrians...

Urartu, also known as the Kingdom of Urartu or the Kingdom of Van, was a civilization which developed in the Bronze and Iron Age of...

Sack of Babylon & Death of Sennacherib When the Elamite king died the following year, Sennacherib mobilized his forces and suddenly...

The Sargonid Dynasty was the last ruling house of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722-612 BCE. It began with the reign of Sargon II (reigned...

In 1945, on the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad, the ancient city of Shaduppum was discovered at Tell Harmal. Excavations soon got...

Look at this bas-relief found at a palace in Nimrud… …it depicts the humiliation of one man by another. Some sources identify the...

There are very few women in ancient history who made their mark on the world with the full moral support of their fathers. Sargon the...

Austen Henry Layard, a British archaeologist, was born Mar. 5, 1817. In 1845, Layard led an expedition to investigate ruins of the cities...

Neo-Assyrian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal, C. 8th-7th Century BC A presentation scene depicted between two border lines; to the right stands...

Cylinder Seal with Winged Genius and Human-headed Bulls Assyria (Iraq)Neo-Assyrian period (c. 1000–612 B.C.)c. 700 B.C. Blue ChalcedonyH....

Cylinder Seal with Griffin, Bull and Lion and Inscription Assyria (Iraq) Middle Assyrian period (c. 1300–1100 B.C.)c. 1300–1200 B.C.Stone...

Museum number 102535 Description Full: Front Light yellow-brown jasper cylinder seal with black dendritic inclusions; engraved with...

Cylinder seals were a small, carved stone cylinder that was used to make an impression in wet clay. When rolled on the wet clay, the seal...

There are over a thousand terracotta objects from Ur in the British Museum’s collection, primarily reliefs, figurines and models....

he statue of King Idrimi arrived at the British Museum in 1939. The inscription that stretches across the front of the statue is now...

Cuneiform tablet: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars...

Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard Period: Kassite Date: ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C....

Cylinder seal and modern impression: male figure dominating human-headed winged lions Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C....

Cylinder seal and modern impression: scorpion-man and bull-man attacking kneeling nude male Period: Neo-Babylonian Date: ca. 8th–7th...