EditorialMap of the world, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq, Babylonian, 700-500 BCE. This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. Babylon is shown in the centre, the rectangle in the top half of the circle an...
EditorialAshurnasirpal II. King of Assyria (883-859 BC). Statue. 865 BC. From the Temple of Ishtar Sharrat-niphi, Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.