The other shrine housed a damaged dais that, along with fragments of statues and accessories, provides clues about religious practices centered on Ninurta, the god of war. Other notable finds in the ...

The second shrine featured a damaged dais along with fragments of statues and ceremonial objects, providing clues about practices centered on Ninurta, the Assyrian god of war. Among the notable ...

Among the most significant features of the archaeological site is the Ninurta Temple—with its ziggurat (stepped tower)—dedicated to the eponymous Assyrian god of war and agriculture.

Built about 2,900 years ago by King Ashurnasirpal II, the mud brick structure was dedicated to Ninurta, a god of war and the city’s patron deity. Iraqi forces announced that they had recaptured ...

The God in whom millions of Christians proclaim their faith each Sunday is firmly placed in a great crowd of other divinities of south-west Asia: Baal, Marduk of Babylon, Ninurta of Mesopotamia ...