Joshua Hammer takes a hugely enjoyable look at three rivals who competed to decipher the world’s oldest writing ...

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 ...

German archaeologists have made a spectacular discovery in Iraq. During excavations in the ancient metropolis of Nineveh, a team from Heidelberg University came across large parts of a monumental ...

At the end of the 19th century, British researchers first explored the North Palace of ancient Nineveh and discovered large-scale reliefs, which are now on exhibit in London's British Museum. Shown in ...

Heildelberg excavation work in anciente Nineveh. Credit: Aaron Schmitt / Universität Heidelberg At the center of the relief now discovered by the University of Heidelberg is the figure of King ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archaeologists ...

The bulls and colossal figures and bas-reliefs, which Sir Henry Layard drew out of their hiding places, appealed strongly to the popular imagination, which already at that time saw in them the ...

On a touchscreen, page through The Monuments of Nineveh (1848), Austen Henry Layard's exquisite sketchbook. The 19th-century British archaeologist excavated in Nineveh and Nimrud, 20 miles south, ...

Layard, Sir H.; Early Adventures in Persia, &c.These volumes show what preparations were made by Sir Henry Layard for his discoveries. The functions of the traveler and explorer may be dual, but ...