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.), ...

The sarcophagus in the tomb chamber contained hundreds of items including jewelry, vessels, ornaments, seals and other goods. The items displayed Syrian and Phoenician iconography in addition to ...

[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate purpose — to awe. And not a single square inch was spared. Take for example a bronze ...

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Join us for the 2024 CDC Lecture! Daniele Morandi Bonacossi (University of Udine) will speak on "Settlement, Irrigation and ...

Her work as a performer-scholar is actively inspired by her experience as a young woman in a stateless diaspora, with a current focus on music sustainability, Assyrian Art Music and social justic ...

Capuano and Pinto’s project focuses on the influential roles of Assyrian women in their communities, particularly within the Chaldean Church and broader Middle Eastern society. These women were ...

Espacio Escultórico de la UNAM. Image Cortesía de Andrés Cedillo ...

Research led by the Universidad de Burgos has uncovered evidence suggesting Neanderthals engaged in collecting activities ...

The map leads to ‘Urartu,’ which was named in an ancient Mesopotamian poem as the Ark’s landing place and is the Assyrian equivalent to “Ararat,”, the mountain location named in the ...

Uncovered in Mid-Nineteenth Century It was not until the mid-nineteenth century - some 2500 years after the Assyrian Empire had fallen into oblivion - that a young Englishman, Austen Henry Layard, ...