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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.
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 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
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
1851 sketch of Layard's expedition removing a Lamassu
Assyria
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Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed from the 21st to 7th centuries BC which conquered and administered most of West Asia from the Assyrian heartland in Upper Mesopotamia
Nimrud
…acres) and included more than 200 rooms. He built the monument known as the Great Ziggurat, and an associated temple. Nimrud remained the capital of the Assyrian Empire during the reigns of Shamshi-Adad V (822–811 BC), Adad-nirari III (810–782 BC), Queen Semiramis (810–806 BC), Adad-nirari III (806–782 BC), Shalmaneser…
The ancient Assyrian heartland (red) and the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC (orange)
The ancient Assyrian heartland (red) and the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC (orange)
The head of a female statue, dating back to the Akkadian period (c. 2334–2154 BC). Found at Assur, display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
The head of a female statue, dating back to the Akkadian period (c. 2334–2154 BC). Found at Assur, display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
The ruins of the Old Assyrian trading colony at Kültepe
The ruins of the Old Assyrian trading colony at Kültepe
A partial relief of Tiglath-Pileser III, r. 745–727 BC, under whom the Neo-Assyrian Empire was consolidated, centralized and significantly expanded
A partial relief of Tiglath-Pileser III, r. 745–727 BC, under whom the Neo-Assyrian Empire was consolidated, centralized and significantly expanded