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The article discusses the archaeological discovery of an Assyrian carnelian seal in the Tabor Stream Nature Reserve, featuring a griffin and carved in the shape of a scarab beetle and the significance of this rare find in relation to the citadel of Tel Rekhesh.

The article focuses on the history of Assyria and its Classical antiquity. Topics include Assyrian kings and rulers, the expansion and decline of the empire, the Assyrian military and its achievements, and Assyrian religion and culture. Biblical narratives related to Assyria are noted, such as the Neo-Assyrian prophetic texts.

The article discusses the discovery of the remains of an ancient Assyrian palace located in Ashdod, Israel. The building, which dates back to the 8th century B. C. E. , is located close to a site that was heavily excavated during the 1960s. Scholars discovered that the palace walls are red-brown mudbricks and rooms contained several bathtub-like containers that may have been used for ritual purposes. The palace is believed to have been built during the empire of Sargon II.

Focuses on a survey which examined the reliability of the text concerning the Assyrian conquest in Galilee, Israel between 734 and 732 B.C. Background information on the Tiglath-pileser's devastation of Galilee; Archeological evidence on the conquest; Information on the largest ancient site in Lower Galilee.

The article offers information on the sale of an ancient Assyrian relief for 31 million dollars by Christie’s Auction House.

Reports that the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has uncovered what may be the administrative palace of the representative of Assyrian ruler King Sargon II in Ashdod. Details of how IAA archaeologists Elena Kogan-Zahavi and Pirhiya Nahshoni found and identified the palace; Destruction of the palace in the seventh century B.C.; Kogan-Zahavi's belief that the palace's administrative archives remain to be unearthed.