Assyrian Army Besieges a City

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 13 September 2017

Assyrian Army Besieges a City — Alabaster bas-relief depicting an attack on a city by the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 5 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 13). Assyrian Army Besieges a City. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/7268/

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