In this study I propose two hypotheses about the palace of Assurnasirpal II at Nimrud: first, that the relief decoration of Assurnasirpal's palace expresses a four-fold Assyrian ideology of military ...

Researchers found many relief images in Assyrian palaces, but until now, there were no depictions of major deities, says Aaron Schmitt, a professor at Heidelberg University.

"It's amazing to see people living the Christian faith -- and especially when they don't have to." That's what Chaldean Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko of Alqosh in Iraq told me during an interview ...

Object Details Description This object was carved from a single piece of wood most likely found from the landscape surrounding the camp or a piece of scrap wood found within it. The carving would have ...

Assyrian Treasures from the city of Kalhu (Nimrud) The Tombs of the Assyrian Queens Yaba, Banitu, and Atalia The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the ...

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The direction of the figures depicted in this high relief carving mimics the path of the procession onward to the final destination of the ancient Temple of Jupiter at the Capitoline. The overlapping ...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946. Collection Rights ...