Pazuzu was one of many ancient Mesopotamian supernatural beings that blurred the line between god and monster. Historian Dr ...

A first effort: Akkadian Empire, Mesopotamia (2300 BCE) This is the earliest known ... Unlike his predecessors, he did not ...

He is flanked by two high deities: the god Assur and the city ... is considered one of the most important cities in northern Mesopotamia and developed into the capital of the Assyrian empire ...

The discovery is particularly significant because religious relief images from the Assyrian Empire rarely contained depictions of major deities ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

The ancient city is considered to be one of the most important parts of North Mesopotamia ... the Assyrian Empire have not contained many deities. “Among the many relief images of Assyrian ...

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

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ...

She was asked by whom, and replied, "the Anunnaki," referring to the ancient deities of Mesopotamian mythology. "Yo, are you sure you don't get high?" one of the hosts joked after she said she ...

The ancient city of Nineveh, whose ruins lie on the eastern side of the Tigris River within the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in northern ...