The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...
In Nineveh, the Assyrian capital in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, the king built a magnificent palace known as the North Palace. He decorated it with wall after wall of sculptural reliefs recounting his ...
In Nineveh, the Assyrian capital in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, the king built a magnificent palace known as the North Palace. He decorated it with wall after wall of sculptural reliefs recounting his ...
The first dig of this ancient site was conducted by a British mission over 150 years ago, which uncovered many reliefs. Many Ancient Assyrian Tombs have been found in the past, however the goods had ...
And finally we see the victorious king presiding triumphantly over his conquest: Sennacherib, ruler of the great Assyrian empire ... We showed the Lachish Reliefs to Paddy Ashdown, soldier ...
have traditionally been understood as statements of imperial propaganda that glorified the Assyrian king. In this book, Mehmet-Ali Ataç argues that the reliefs hold a deeper meaning that was addressed ...
The Assyrian city of Nineveh ... throne room has been completely destroyed and the lamassu demolished. "The wall reliefs and lamassu of the second gateway have also been damaged, with only ...
SBS Assyrian spoke to Mr Maksimovic in regards to his opinion regarding the Nineveh wall issue. Mr Maksomovic said it is one of the saddest and most disappointing things that has happened ...
SBS Assyrian correspondent in Duhok, Naseem Sadiq, spoke with Mr Sliwa days after a section of the ancient wall was bulldozed by private contractors, in order to make way for road construction.