Researchers have revealed the secrets of the long-forgotten ancient Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin in modern-day Khorsabad ...

Researchers have made a number of intriguing discoveries at an ancient city that served as a short-lived capital for one of ...

an ancient Assyrian heritage site is being bulldozed by heavy earth-moving machinery. (705-681 BCE) and which stretches 12km along the city of Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), is being partially bulldozed ...

Photograph by Granger Collection/Age Fotostock Babylon was famous for its Hanging Gardens, which some believe may have actually been in the Assyrian capital, Nineveh, where this relief ...

However, recent studies suggest that the gardens may have actually been located in the ancient city of Nineveh, where traces of advanced irrigation systems have been discovered.

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.