2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Sculpture Unearthed at Nineveh In 2023, archaeologists in northern Iraq uncovered a stone sculpture that had been buried for nearly 2,700 years beneath the ruins of Nineveh, once one of the great capitals of the Assyrian Empire. As debris was cleared away, a carved Assyrian relief emerged, still showing detailed figures and symbolic imagery. The sculpture dates to the 7th century BC and originally decorated a royal palace during the height of Assyrian power. Many Assyrian