The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

An Honorary Fellow at Oxford University's Wolfson College, Moudhy has spent much of her career translating the stories of the ...

The temples were in Dūr-Šarrukīn, which served as the capital city of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization called Assyria for a short time. The city was constructed during the rule of King ...

When the ruins of the library were found in Victorian ... pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so tablets in Ashurbanipal's library.