EditorialTower with defenders. Assyrians attack the Jewish fortified town of Lachish (battle 701 BCE). Part of a relief from the palace of Sennacherib at Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
EditorialHorse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 6.38 x 2.6 in. (16.21 x 6.6 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, Over two hundred ivory and gyps...
EditorialUnknown Artist, Assyrian Relief: Head of Ashurnasirpal II from Kalhu (Nimrud), Iraq, Northwest Palace, Room B, panel 14, ca. 875 - 860 B.C.E., gypsum (Mosul alabaster), 13 9/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. (34.5 cm. x 18 cm.), This portrait of the Assyrian king ca...
EditorialStonemasonry wall of the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom Israel until the conquest by the Assyrians in 723 BCE.
EditorialHorse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 6.38 x 2.6 in. (16.21 x 6.6 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, Over two hundred ivory and gyps...
EditorialClay envelope for a letter, early Colony Period, around 1850 BCE. The sender's seal shows figures approaching a seated king. These envelopes were sometimes inscribed with a summary of the contents and sealed by witnesses, using the traditional Mesopota...
EditorialPharaoh Neco (609-594). Josiah, King of Judah (639-609) was killed in the battle of Megiddo, while trying to block Pharaoh Neco from coming to the aid of the Assyrians. Small bronze head with traces of gold; from Megiddo, Israel. H: 2,7 cm Inv. H-59.
EditorialHorse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 6.38 x 2.6 in. (16.21 x 6.6 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, Over two hundred ivory and gyps...
EditorialPharaoh Neco (609-594). Josiah, King of Judah (639-609) was killed in the battle of Megiddo, while trying to block Pharaoh Neco from coming to the aid of the Assyrians. Small bronze head with traces of gold; from Megiddo, Israel. H: 2,7 cm Inv. H-59.
EditorialStonemasonry wall of the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom Israel until the conquest by the Assyrians in 723 BCE.
EditorialTower with defenders. Assyrians attack the Jewish fortified town of Lachish (battle 701 BCE). Part of a relief from the palace of Sennacherib at Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
EditorialClay envelope for a letter, early Colony Period, around 1850 BCE. The sender's seal shows figures approaching a seated king. These envelopes were sometimes inscribed with a summary of the contents and sealed by witnesses, using the traditional Mesopota...