If you are the sort of person who attends corporate or City dinners, you have probably brought home at least one menu of a certain type over the years: a folded piece of flimsy card with a shield on ...

Since the dawn of civilization, parties have been held all over, but some parties have emerged for their sheer scale. For example, the banquet for Ashurnasirpal II, the powerful king of the ancient ...

One of the bronze bands from the doors of Shalmaneser's palace, in the Istanbul Museum. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) / Wikimedia Commons When writing was still inscribed on clay ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Efforts are underway to rebuild the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq which was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015, Iraq’s culture minister told Rudaw on ...

A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. Once the ...

Famed Nimrud site was once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire NIMRUD, Iraq: A decade after militants ransacked Iraq’s famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting ...

In 2016, Iraqi forces retook control of the site of ancient Nimrud, and since then, reconstruction efforts have been taking place in an attempt to repair the damage caused by ISIS. During the 2024 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two remarkably well-preserved shrines, among other notable finds, at an ancient temple that was devastated by a fire around 2,600 years ago. The discoveries came to light ...

The shrine's door sill, located by Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists at Nimrud, Iraq (2024). Credit: Penn Museum As part of efforts to preserve cultural heritage, recent archaeological work in ...