Discovery of Three Forgotten Kings Rewrites Assyria’s Royal History
A reanalysis of cuneiform tablets and stelae shows the kings ruled less than two years each and were later erased from records.
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Assyria’s own records left out three kings, and new evidence is revealing who they were and why they disappeared
Rest of World News: For nearly a century, historians have relied on the Assyrian King List as the authoritative record of who ruled the ancient Assyrian Empire, especiall.
Discovery of Three Forgotten Kings Rewrites Assyria’s Royal History
Three missing rulers reveal that Assyria’s official royal chronology may have concealed a more contested political history. For nearly a century, historians have treated the Assyrian King List (AKL) as the standard chronology of Assyria’s rulers, particularly during the empire’s later history. But evidence drawn from inscriptions, tablets, and damaged monuments suggests that this official [...]
'Hiding in The Shadows': Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest
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Archaeologists studied ancient cuneiform signs and found on them the names of kings they had never known before.
Researchers have identified three Assyrian rulers not included in the official list of kings, revealing a more complex political history than previously believed. The study, conducted by Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Eckart Frahm, was published in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Discovery of new rulers Historians identified a king who adopted the name Tiglath-pileser, who ruled between 763 and 762 BC and attempted to depose his nephew, Ashur-…
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