Impressive Huge Ancient Lamᴀssu Statue Unearthed In Nineveh, Iraq
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A mᴀssive ancient statue of the Mesopotamian deity Lamᴀssu has been unearthed at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) informs a joined Iraqi-French archaeological mission made the discovery. Weighing 18 tonnes and carved from a single piece of limestone, […]
Hundreds Of Undiscovered Roman Forts Revealed By Spy Satellites
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have used declassified spy satellite imagery from the 1960s and 70s to reevaluate one of the first aerial archaeology surveys ever, revealing 396 previously undiscovered Roman forts in what is now Syria and Iraq. The initial survey, published by Father Antoine Poidebard in 1934, recorded a line of 116 […]
Ancient Parthian City With Hundreds Of Artifacts Unearthed In Iraq
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists’ knowledge of the Parthian Empire has increased with the latest discovery at Al-Suwaira, about 60 km south of Baghdad. An archaeology team has unearthed an ancient Parthian (247 B.C. to 224 A.D.) city and more than 200 artifacts at the site. A Parthian site has been discovered south of […]