A new archaeological exhibition just opened: “From the Core of the Empire. New Archaeological Discoveries of the University of Udine in Ancient Assyria”

The exhibition (December 17th, 2022 – April 30th, 2023), produced in collaboration with Udine Civic Museums and housed in the city’s castle, celebrates the thirty-year anniversary (1994-2023) of the commencement of Near Eastern studies and research into ancient Mesopotamia and the Levant at the University of Udine. The exhibition will present to the public the most important…

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The discovery of the Faida rock reliefs awarded the international prize for archaeology in memory of Khaled- Al-Asaad

We have amazing news! The archaeological discovery of ten monumental rock reliefs from the 8th century BCE depicting the ruler and great gods of Assyria in the archaeological site of Faida (20 km south of the city of Duhok and 50 km from Mosul, northern Iraqi Kurdistan), in the framework of the Kurdish-Italian Faida Archaeological…

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