The Assyrian military transformed Assyria into the world's first military superpower. Its power peaked during the empire's ...

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," according to an excavation expert. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a ...

For roughly a century, scholars have relied on the Assyrian King List (AKL) as the definitive record of Assyrian monarchs.

Assyria stands out in history as the fountainhead of empire. It was perhaps the first state to subdue the bulk of its world, extending in every direction until its frontiers consisted almost entirely ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Assyrians, an ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East, are a ...

Consequently, there is no such thing as a permanent empire — only a permanent God.

In Lord Byron’s 1821 play “Sardanapalus,” the king of the title laments that the glory of his empire will someday fade into oblivion. “Time shall quench full many a people’s records, and a hero’s acts ...

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 ...