A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was said to depict an "Assyrian Deity that was excavated in Iraq" in 2023. The photo was shared across social media ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former ...

Each panel depicts a cultic scene involving a procession of statues of the seven principal Assyrian deities—Ashur, Mullissu, Sin, Nabu, Shamash, Adad, and Ishtar—standing atop striding animals.

More than 2,700 years ago, Assyrian king Sargon II ordered the construction of his own city in what is now Iraq. ... One such statue, known as a lamassu, was excavated by archaeologists in 1992.

More than 2,700 years ago, Assyrian king Sargon II ordered the construction of his own city in what is now Iraq. ... One such statue, known as a lamassu, was excavated by archaeologists in 1992.

More than 2,700 years ago, Assyrian king Sargon II ordered the construction of his own city in what is now Iraq. ... One such statue, known as a lamassu, was excavated by archaeologists in 1992.

More than 2,700 years ago, Assyrian king Sargon II ordered the construction of his own city in what is now Iraq. ... One such statue, known as a lamassu, was excavated by archaeologists in 1992.

Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco Rutelli described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy. Constructed in the ...

A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried, and uncovered again in 2023.

(CNN) — Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco Rutelli described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy. Constructed ...