Assyria Archive
DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time, a group of researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick. Currently housed at the National
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Forgotten for millennia, the Kingdom of Mitanni was discovered in the nineteenth century, and excavations revealed fascinating facts about this unusual kingdom, which
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Stele of Tell al-Rimah, dated to 796 BC, is a stone stela from the reign of the Assyrian king Adad-nigari III (810-783 BC)
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Old Testament, Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, 4:10 - "and the other people whom the great and honorable
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An unknown palace of the Assyrian kings was discovered when the Daesh terrorist group blew up the tomb of the prophet Jonah for
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The beginnings of the city of Ashur, (also known as Assur) date back to the third millennium. The city was located about sixty
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Even though his true name, Sarru-kinnu, meant ‘true king’, he took the name Sargon when he ascended the throne. Why he did this
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Tiglath Pileser’s origin is shrouded in history. Once in power, he claimed through his own inscriptions to be the son of Adad-nirari III, but
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - If you are looking for a long-lost ancient queen, this discovery shows there is no need to go far. You can find one just
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - You may have heard of his son, Nebuchadnezzar II, more than you heard of Nabopolassar but the latter originated the Neo-Babylonian empire when the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Unfortunately, sometimes something must be destroyed so that another discovery can be brought to light. Seven clay tablets, found in a palace hidden under the Tomb of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - It’s a great discovery that is of major interest for those who are passionate about ancient history and archaeology. Scientists report 4,000-year-old Assyrian clay tablets reveal locations
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have a made a sensational find that could re-write our ancient history. A huge cuneiform archive consisting of 93 ancient clay tablets was unearthed on in
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - About 5,000 years ago, people in Mesopotamia used intriguing clay tokens of multiple shapes to count and communicate. People recorded information about their agricultural goods--including domestic animals and plants
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is a limestone monument that celebrates thirty-one successful years of military campaigns by king Shalmaneser III and
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The oldest surviving royal library in the world is that of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria (668-around 630 BC). British Museum archaeologists discovered more than
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Nimrud lens is 3,000-year-old object that could re-write the history of science. Although the telescope was officially invented in the 16th century,
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