Sometimes I’m embarrassed about being a humanist. I study ancient art, and it’s always more impressive to introduce myself as an archaeologist than as an art historian. In my mind, “history” trumps ...

A Neo-Assyrian gypsum relief depicting a royal lion hunt, from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud Palace Relief. Created between 875 BC and 860 BC. (The Trustees of the British Museum [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]) ...

This Assyrian rock art discovered under a home in southeastern Turkey was hidden by local looters. Mehmet Önal; interpretative drawings by Önal, based on laser scan by Cevher Mimarlık While ...

Zig Zag (2020) by Rabel Betshmuel. "Diaspora in Bloom: Transcending Borders Through Assyrian Art" is a virtual exhibition dedicated to celebrating contemporary art by the global Assyrian diaspora.

Assyrian -Australian sculpture and painter Lewis Batros started a new initiative, teaching Diqlat Assyrian school students the art of painting. He aims at expanding the idea to other Assyrian schools.

Islamic State cowards have destroyed the Assyrian empire, but the world’s media glare is on a concrete mausoleum. Only our museums have the guts to protect our precious art history So now we know the ...

Is the British Museum afraid of an ancient Assyrian curse? Surely not. The famous Bloomsbury museum possesses many spooky treasures that it displays without so much as a shudder. Its collection of ...

Wall relief panel depicting an “urmahlilu” (Lion-Man) (645-640 BCE), a protective spirit, North Palace, Nineveh, in the I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria (unless noted otherwise, ...

SAN JOSE — While most Americans may know Assyrian culture by what they learned about ancient civilizations in history class, a new art show spotlights the contemporary experiences of ethnic Assyrians ...

Finding the Center: Works by Echiko Ohira Mixed-media sculptural forms and collages by the Japanese artist. Also on display: “Cynthia Minet: Jacked,” a multi-media installation by the L.A.-based ...