The discovery of what look to be three additional kings during the last stage of Assyrian history, known as the Neo-Assyrian period, “came as a surprise — no one expected there would be room for any new and unknown rulers during this time,” said Frahm, the John M. Musser Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.Assyriologists: We discovered three lost ancient Assyrian kings!
Egyptologists: Haha, hold our beer. 
Seriously, congratulations to Prof. Frahm and Dr. Edmonds on this important discovery. The JCS article that publishes it is available open access here.
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