I hear you, Skullking, and I agree!
Bring them on!
They just need to keep enough of the Assyrian/Babylonian thing going without getting silly (i.e., tone down the hats a little!)
The Lamassu and the Taurus were awesome.
And I'd love to see them make a comeback, along with the funky war machines, bull centaurs and the Blunderbuss...