Despite this cultural durability, the significance of ancient Assyria lies in the spectacular rise and fall of the Neo-Assyrian empire, whose deep influence contrasts with its relatively brief life.

Ancient Mesopotamia, the fabled land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, was the command and control center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This ancient superpower was the largest empire of ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

Our monastery was founded on an ancient Assyrian temple of Shamash whose remains still survive and we would love to give you a tour of our monastery." Whilst on the mound the bishop was given a full ...

King Sargon II. Prof. Melville (Clarkson), a specialist in the Neo-Assyrian period, has written an excellent account of the many wars of Sargon II, which throws much new light on the king, the ...

Fifty Neo-Assyrian legal documents / [edited with an introd. by] J. N. Postgate Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II started building his giant new capital — originally called Dur-Sharrukin, meaning "Fortress of Sargon" — in 713 B.C.

Ellie Bennett is researching masculinities during the Neo-Assyrian period, and is using innovative computational linguistics developed within ANEE to do so. Here she gives an introduction to the ...

History revisited Climate change fuelled the rise and demise of the powerful Neo-Assyrian Empire Numerous theorists have failed to explain the collapse of the superpower that flourished beginning ...