To avoid squabbling and palace intrigue, the king named both Ashurbanipal and his older half brother, Shamash-shum-ukin, as crown princes. He assigned Shamash-shum-ukin to rule the city of Babylon ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Britain is not the global power it was when it crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. But it still knows how to put on a grand spectacle. The ceremony that will on Saturday anoint Charles III as King ...

This weekend, King Charles III will be crowned as the United Kingdom's new monarch in the first British coronation to take place in 70 years—but which crowns exactly will he be wearing? For ...

LONDON — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, receiving the bejeweled St. Edward’s Crown in a ceremony built on ancient tradition at a time when the monarchy is striving ...

The King’s Royal Threads. Then, it was time for a costume change. The monarch heads into the elaborate Robing Room and emerged wearing the Robe of State, an 18-foot red velvet cape.