2,700 years ago, Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heildelberg have made a spectacular discovery in the palace of King Assurbanipal. During ...

Featuring war scenes and trees, these rock carvings add to the bounty of detailed stone panels excavated from the 1840s onwards, many of which are currently held in the British Museum. They stem from ...

What is the significance of the massive attack on an Iraqi minority? Aug. 15, 2007 — -- Before Tuesday's devastating attacks few people had heard of Sinjar, a remote town in northwestern Iraq ...

Referenced in the Bible, Nineveh dates to the 7th century BC and was once the largest city in the world. The act is the latest incident in a campaign of cultural vandalism Isis has undertaken in ...

ONE WITH NINEVEH: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, . . Island, $27 (447pp) ISBN 978-1-55963-879-1 ...

As a result of efforts by the University at Buffalo and a UB professor of classics and a leading archaeologist of the ancient Middle East, ancient Nineveh and Nimrud have been added to the 2002 World ...