Irina Bokova
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Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO. During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria, she served, among others, two terms as a member of the
Bokova in 2009
Nimrud
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Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres south of the village of Selamiyah, in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia. It was a m
A lamassu at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II before destruction in 2015.
Artist’s impression of Assyrian palaces from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853
Artist’s impression of a hall in an Assyrian palace from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853
1851 sketch of Layard's expedition removing a Lamassu