Where would I like to visit?

I was recently asked to write a short piece on where I would most like to visit – archaeologically speaking. … More

Mesopotamian flood myths (4)

George Smith was born into a working-class family in Chelsea, London, on March 26, 1840. He had a limited education … More

Ashurbanipal is regarded by many historians as the last of the great Kings of the Assyrian Empire. He was the … More

The final scenes in the wall reliefs from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh show the conquering Assyrian army returning with the … More

Arriving back in Ninevah following his campaign in Judea, King Sennacherib decided to record the battle of Lachish as a … More

From around the year 900 BCE, the Assyrian Empire began to expand and by 700 BCE had reached as far … More