Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE, also known as Assurbanipal) was the last...

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians...

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the fabled gardens which adorned...

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers&rsquo...

Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq) was one of the oldest and greatest...

The Sargonid Dynasty was the last ruling house of the Neo-Assyrian Empire...

The Enuma Elish (also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation) is the...

The book of Jonah is the fifth book in the Christian canons and the...

The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of...

In 1845 CE, the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard began excavations...

The age-old vulnerability of libraries in times of warfare applied as...

This terracotta prism was found in Nineveh. It documents Sennacherib's...

The cuneiform inscription on this clay tablet claims various exemptions...

This alabaster panel was part of the decorative scheme of the palace...

This gypsum wall panel depicts a procession of Assyrian courtiers and...

This section from a much larger gypsum wall relief shows the climax...

This gypsum wall panel depicts two female musicians besides a palm tree...

This alabaster bas-relief depicts a man fishing in a mountain pool or...

This gypsum wall panel relief depicts horses and grooms leaving Sennacherib's...

This gypsum wall panel relief depicts huntsmen with hounds under palm...

The King's role was to protect his people from enemies. In ancient Assyria...

This partially preserved gypsum wall relief was part of a longer sequence...

This gypsum wall panel depicts two female courtiers in front of a table...

This alabaster bas relief was part of a large wall relief that depicts...

A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple...

Since very ancient inscriptions would often come to light during building...

Occasionally, cuneiform text scribes encounter difficult or rare words...

This gypsum door-sill was carved as a carpet; there are rosette and...

This carved stone face probably belonged to a head of a sphinx. The...

This is one of the few surviving sculptures from the palace which Esarhaddon...

This fragment of a clay tablet narrates in 17 lines of cuneiform inscription...

This large and partially broken clay tablet tells us how Ishtar, goddess...

Lahmu (also Lakhmu or Lache, which mean hairy) was a a son of Abzu and...

A marble head of a figurine from Iraq, 3rd Millennium BCE. (University...

This clay tablet is one of the episodes of the epic of creation. It...

This partially broken clay tablet is the first tablet of Maqlu (Akkadian...

These counterparts of real mastiffs were buried to guard a property...

This gypsum wall panel relief depicts two musicians, playing a harp...

Mycenean Greece and the Orient about 1450 BC. Inset: Reference Map of...

This pottery cup has a pointed-base and was wheel-made. The surface...

This gypsum wall relief depicts a warship. This ship was built and manned...

This pottery cup was wheel-made and unpainted. It has a pointed base...

This pottery jar was handmade and painted. It is carinated and stemmed...

This peculiar pottery vessel was found at Nineveh, Iraq. The surface...

This limestone statue is the only discovered statue which depicts a...

This stele was made of limestone and was found in Nineveh. On the relief...

This clay tablet is one of a series that chronicles important events...

This prism records the first eight campaigns of the Assyrian King Sennacherib...

On this clay tablet, the author has listed the titles of cuneiform omen...

This gypsum wall relief depicts two protective spirits, looking to the...

This pottery vessel was found at Nineveh, Iraq. The surface is decorated...

In this post, we will explore images of the Siege of Lachish Reliefs...

In July 1853, Hormuzd Rassam was excavating an area at the ruins of...

Ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh shown in almost real-time (in modern...

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=J5iEY4hapMQ...

In April of 2003, the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted of over fifteen...

The Technology of Mesopotamia by Graham Faiella is a children's/young...