In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

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

The newly discovered relief depicts King Ashurbanipal in a divine conference with two preeminent Assyrian deities.

"Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities," states the head of ...

Archaeologists uncovered a relief of King Ashurbanipal with Assyrian gods in ancient Nineveh, offering new insight into ...

Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city.

TEHRAN - A team of German archaeologists from Heidelberg University has made a major archaeological breakthrough in the ...

which are now on exhibit in London's British Museum. Shown in the center of the recently discovered relief is King Ashurbanipal, the last great ruler of the Assyrian empire. He is flanked by two ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king ... in the late 1800s by British researchers, and their finds were put on display at the British Museum in London.