Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyria
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Researchers Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Eckart Frahm identified three Assyrian rulers omitted from the 2,700-year-old Assyrian King List by piecing together evidence from cuneiform tablets, inscriptions, and a damaged statue, including a rival king named Tiglath-pileser who challenged a solar eclipse-era ruler around 763 BCE.
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