Erased Assyrian rulers discovered — kings wiped from official records

For over a century, historians believed the list of Neo-Assyrian rulers (c. 1000–609 BC) was stable and complete. New research has revealed that the Assyrian King List — long regarded as a reliable record of succession — deliberately omitted certain rulers who were erased from official chronicles. The discovery reshapes our understanding of one of the ancient Near East's most powerful empires.