A stunning 12-ton relief depicting Assyrian deities has been uncovered beneath the ancient palace of King Ashurbanipal.

The relief shows the seventh-century BC ruler of the Assyrian empire alongside two prominent deities and other figures. It ...

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have uncovered significant sections of a large relief featuring depictions of ...

The excavations are part of the Heidelberg Nineveh Project ... and restored reliefs from the throne room of the southwest palace and worked on the Nergal Gate. The most recent excavations at ...

In Iraq, large portions of a monumental relief depicting the last great Assyrian king in the company of two deities, as well as other figures, have emerged in the throne room of King Ashurbanipal's ...

2,700 years ago, Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg have made a spectacular discovery in the palace of King Assurbanipal. During ...

During excavations in the ancient metropolis of Nineveh, a team from Heidelberg University came across large parts of a monumental relief. It shows King Assurbanipal (668 to 627 BC), the last ruler of ...

“Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities,” states the head of the excavations in the North Palace, Prof. Dr Aaron Schmitt of the Institute ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.