This art style appears to have been adapted by local groups, indicating how strongly the culture of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — which hailed from Mesopotamia and later expanded into Anatolia ...

The painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna and the Elders, ... the Old Testament figure who beguiles — and then decapitates — the Assyrian general Holofernes. Enlarge this image.

Assyrian art stays 'home' This is first significant discovery of known Sennacherib-era reliefs since Austen Henry Layard excavated the Southwest Palace in the mid-19th century.

The two-dimensionality of the perspective — in which the figures appear complete and not half-submerged — is typical in Assyrian art, according to The British Museum. MORE ASTONISHING ARTIFACTS ...

Nine Must-See Art Exhibitions to Catch in Philadelphia This Spring With Assyrian artifacts, contemporary Chinese art, controversy-inciting works by Cézanne and more, these standout shows channel ...

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, it has been painstakingly restored over more than three years — and is now on show at ...

Starting from a base in Mesopotamia, the Neo-Assyrian Empire (883–609 b.c.) expanded to control territory […] ...

(Attraction Art/Adobe Stock) The parents of an Assyrian woman named Zizizi were furious. Like many of their neighbors’ children, their daughter had dutifully wed an Assyrian merchant.