Archaeologists have unlocked a portal to the past through an object that might seem mundane at first glance: a sun-dried ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud found a door sill, carved ivory and ostrich eggshells revealing royal life.

Depicting a winged genie, the remarkable stone bas-relief once adorned the magnificent Northwest Palace at Nimrud, the Assyrian Empire’s ancient capital, considered a cradle of world civilisation.

In 1850, archaeologist Austen Henry Layard found an unusual piece of rock crystal in the North West Palace of Nimrud, Northern Iraq, leading to speculation about its purpose. Dubbed the "Nimrud ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Italy has donated the reconstructed “Bull of Nimrud” statue to Iraq in a gesture described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy.

A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. Once ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Penn Museum has helped to make a historic find in northern Iraq. An Assyrian palace in the ancient city of Nimrud has been uncovered. Experts say the most significant ...

Pennsylvania archaeologists excavating an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud found a door sill and ostrich eggshells revealing royal life.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.