Hosted on MSN1mon
Ancient Assyrian capital that's been abandoned for 2,700 years revealed in new magnetic survey
Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II started building ... including iconic “Lamassu” statues of winged bulls with human heads that are now at the Louvre. Beyond the palace and the city's 1.1-by ...
SBS3y
What did our ancestors do during the Akitu Festival?
Assyrian traditional dress Source ... Then the king would bring the statue of Nabu son of Marduk and take it inside the temple to be worshipped. Day Four: The high priests start telling stories ...
SBS1y
His life's work: Lewis Batros recalls favourite designs
The Gigamesh Statue at the Sydney University, The Assyrian Martyr's Statue at Bonnyrigg and Saint Raban Hemiz in Greenfield Park St Hermiz Cathedral Credit: lewis.jpg ...
scmp.com18d
Destroyed by Islamic State fighters, Iraq’s ancient Nimrud site is becoming whole again
Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large areas of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in 2014.
Bradenton Herald1mon
Fire ravaged wealthy temple 2,600 years ago. But these ‘remarkable’ finds survived
Photo from the Penn Museum Nearby, archaeologists found fragments of statues “which would have ... Photo from the Penn Museum In the decree, “the Assyrian king Adad-Nerari III (811-783 BCE ...