Release Date: October 26, 2001 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ancient Nineveh and Nimrud, two of the world's greatest ancient archaeological treasures, are in serious danger of being lost ...

The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...

Crafted around 879 BCE, the brick was part of the North-West Palace in Kalhu, now Nimrud, a city that served as the empire’s capital. Historical records and astronomical data helped pinpoint its ...

That art, which once adorned a palace wall, depicts a priest performing ... but so are invading soldiers in antiquity. The city of Nimrud, known as Calah in the Bible, became the capital of ...