Assyria Resources

Learn about Austen Henry Layard & the Rediscovery of Assyria“Austen Henry Layard was one of the great archaeological pioneers of the Victorian Age. Together with the Frenchman, Paul Emile Botta, he brought to light one of the major civilizations of the ancient world, Assyria.”

University of Chicago’s Oriental Institue Art Musuem — Most of the Institute’s on-line Exhibitions can be seen in the Highlights from the Collections Section. Pictures are listed by Subject and by Region (Assyria) (Mesopotamia).
The Institute also has Historical Exhibition Pictures and ßPhotographs of Archaeological Digs by The Oriental Institute.There is a clickable map to its Archaeological Sites.
To read about current research sites use their Archaeology Page or see their Annual Reports.

Til Barsip.
Brief summary of the site’s history. The tell is well known for the extensive excavations undertaken there by French archaeologists (directed by F. Thureau-Dangin) in the 1930s.

King Ashurnasirpal and the Northwest Palace at Nimrud.
The Metropolitan Museum’s excellent introduction to the palace at Nimrud including a discussion of the original excavation and a display of both the reliefs and ivories recovered from the site.

New! See the North West Palace Walkthrough!
The Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II, Nimrud, Assyria. This QTVR sequence (© 2001 Learning Sites, Inc.) has been developed for educational purposes only. The information contained herein is in no way to be construed as an interim or final publication of the material. Images are not to be copied, retransmitted, or altered in any way without written permission from Learning Sites, Inc. Archaeological data and interpretation by Samuel M. Paley, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, Richard P. Sobolewski, R.A., Warsaw, Poland, and Alison B. Snyder,R.A., University of Oregon.

Stolen Stones:The Modern Sack of Nineveh by John Malcolm Russell.
An account of the on going looting of this important archaeological site. The site also has excellent images of the site. from the pages of Archaeology magazine.

The Metropolitan Museum collection of Ancient Near Eastern Art
Highlights from the museum’s collection of more than seven thousand works of art ranging in date from 8000 B.C. (the Neolithic period) to the Arab conquest and rise of Islam beginning in A.D. 651. The works come from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Anatolia, and other lands in the region that extends from the Black Sea in the north to the southwestern Arabian peninsula, and from western Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley in modern-day Pakistan and India.

Photos of Assyrian Artifacts: Ancient Near East section, British Museum, London
Photographs of Assyrian artifacts from the museum’s remarkable collection.

Mesopatamia-The British Museum: Illuminating World Cultures.
An excellent introduction to the cultures of Assyria, Babylonia and Sumer. In addition to discussions ooon Mesopatamian mythology, gepgraphy, time and writing there is an interactive section on Assyrian palaces and warfare.

Assyrian Treasures from the city of Kalhu(Nimrud)
The tombs of the Assyrian Queens Yaba, Banitu, & Atalia.

Ashur.
A history of the site of Ashur from the Britannica online.

Calah.
A history of the site of modern Nimrud from the Britannica online.

Assyrian Treasures from the city of Kalhu(Nimrud)
A report on the excavation of the The royal Tombs of Nimrud.

Nineveh.
A history of the site of Nineveh from the Britannica online.

The siege of Lachish
as displayed on the reliefs of the South West Palace at Nineveh

Dur Sharrukin.
A history of the site of Dur Sharrukin, modern day Khorsabad, from the Britannica online.

Irbil.
A history of the site of Irbil also spelled Arbil, or Erbil, from the Britannica online.

Babylon a history of the city of Babylon from the Britannica online.

Carchemish a history of the city of Carchemish from the Britannica online.