Universität Leipzig: Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies

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Colourised drawing of a hall in the palace of Nineveh. From: The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853

The Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies

The field of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology) is dedicated to the research of the history, languages, and cultures of the Near East from the 4th to the end of the 1st millennium BCE.

Section of a Neo Assyrian relief showing two servants carrying a table. Photo: Colourbox

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Studying the Ancient Near East

Ancient Near Eastern Studies impart fundamental knowledge of the languages, history and cultures of ancient Mesopotamia as well as methods of scientific work in the field.