There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case ...
The sculpture, which stood 12.5 feet tall and weighed nearly 20 tons, represented a lamassu, an Assyrian deity with ... Throughout their history, which goes back to around 2600 B.C., the Assyrians ...
The war left nearly 80% of Mosul in ruins, severing people's connection to their heritage. "Cultural landmarks that once ...
Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib ... around 701 B.C., the Assyrians controlled a rapidly growing empire ...
These recent excavations indicate that the original Judahite administrative structure that existed on this site was completely destroyed.
Lehmann, Gunnar 2021. The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest: Imperial Domination and Its Consequences. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Vol. 9, Issue. 3, p. 299.
One of the world's foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire, he is the author or co-author of six books on ancient Mesopotamian history and culture. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. The event is ...