The researchers behind the discovery date the temple's foundation to between 2896 BCE and 2702 BCE, saying that it provides ...
An international team of archaeologists and geologists has discovered beneath the foundations of the Ishtar Temple in Assur (or Ashur, Iraq) a thick layer of sand, deliberately placed there more than ...
Aerial view of Kültepe, its mound and its lower town. (Kültepe archaeological mission archives) The harvest season is now! Send silver so we can store barley for you before your arrival. The beer ...
In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are protecting it from more modern threats Photographs by Emily Garthwaite Text by Leon ...
Excerpted from Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization: 30−32 Shirqat / Assur River miles: 457 Members of the Iraqi army would accompany us now all the way through ...
Excavations at the ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh in Turkey have revealed a district where merchants from the distant Mesopotamian city of Assur in Iraq lived and worked. Some 23,000 cuneiform ...