Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the UNESCO-listed archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large areas of Iraq and neighboring Syria in ...

Thabet Mekhail is working tirelessly to restore and rebuild ancient Assyrian artefacts that were damaged and destroyed during the devastating ISIS occupation of Mosul in Iraq. Iraq’s second ...

The decanter is highly decorated with ancient coins and seals ... The handle, formed by a winged monster, is based on an ancient Assyrian dagger given by Burges to the British Museum Comments ...