Iraq's cultural authorities have revealed a discovery that could redefine the scale of Assyrian art: a six-meter-tall winged bull, or lamassu, recently uncovered in Mosul. The find, announced by ...

A colossal lamassu, a massive winged bull with a human head, has been unearthed in northern Iraq, marking the discovery of the largest of its kind ever found. Standing approximately six meters (20 ...

This inscription was found during excavations at Nineveh on the back of a fallen "lamassu," a deity with a human's head and the body of a lion or bull. It reads (in translation): "The palace of ...

Archaeologists in Iraq say they have made an unexpected discovery under a site destroyed by Islamic State traditionally thought to hold the tomb of the biblical prophet Jonah. Under a mound covering ...