The Gate of Nimrud (Metropolitan Museum). Lamassu are human-headed, eagle-winged, bulls or lions that once protected cities in Mesopotamia. They were believed to be very powerful creatures, and served ...

The winged lion is an ancient mythological figure, depicted in pairs guarding the gates of Assyrian cities and palaces more than 20 centuries ago, according to the historical foundation. The lions ...

Nimrud was city in Assyrian kingdom, which flourished between 900 B.C. and 612 B.C. ISIS has destroyed other ancient sites in Iraq, home of some of earliest civilizations CNN — ...

Assyrian kings placed statues of winged lions and cows at the gates of their palaces, believing that these statues prevented wicked souls from entering. Mahmoud Hossein, the head of the archaeological ...

BAGHDAD - The Islamic State group have begun bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage.

The Assyrian site of Nimrud - feared bulldozed by Islamic State militants - has yielded riches unrivalled in the ancient world, writes archaeologist Augusta McMahon.

The 2700-year-old alabaster statue depicting the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu was found in northern Iraq on October 24, AFP reports, in almost one piece. The massive sculpture was almost entirely ...

Nimrud, one of the jewels of the Assyrian era, was founded in the 13th century BC and lies on the Tigris River around 30 kilometres (18 miles) southeast of Mosul, Iraq's second city and the IS ...

Crawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: two great winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. But as ...

Nimrud, one of the jewels of the Assyrian era, was founded in the 13th century BC and lies on the Tigris River around 30 kilometres (18 miles) southeast of Mosul, Iraq's second city and the main ...