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Assyrian Slingers Attacking the City of -alammu
Assyrian relief depicting a siege, from Room XIV, the South-West Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. The attack starts with slingers...
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Te Waimate Mission, New Zealand
Three houses of similar design were originally constructed at the Te Waimate Mission in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. This is the only house still standing on the site and it was built in 1832 CE. This photo was...
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Aqueduct, Agora of New Smyrna
The present structures in New Smyrna's agora date from after 178 CE when an earthquake destroyed the earlier agora. This was not mainly a commercial agora, but rather functioned for stately matters. This lower level...
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Te Waimate Mission, New Zealand
Three houses of similar design were originally constructed at the Te Waimate Mission in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. This is the only house still standing on the site and it was built in 1832 CE. The photo is a...
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St. John's Church, Waimate North, New Zealand
St. John’s Church is a part of the Te Waimate mission and is a stunning example of Gothic Revival architecture. It was built in 1871 as a replacement for the 1839 chapel.
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Washington Irving
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, and diplomat best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. He was the first professional American author and also the first to...
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Babylon - The Gate of the Gods
Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia, whose ruins lie in modern-day Hillah, Iraq, 59 miles (94 km) southwest of Baghdad. The name is derived from bav-il or bav-ilim, which in Akkadian meant "Gate...
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Assyrian Slingers Attacking The City of Lachish
This is a fragment of a wall relief which shows Assyrian slingers in action. The four men appear to launch small round stones into the air, aiming at the enemy troops who stand at the top of the city walls...
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City Gate of Amantia, Albania
One of the city gates of Amantia with an archway belonging to the second phase of construction of the city. The city was protected by a 2,100 m long, walled enclosure equipped with three monumental gates.
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Assyrian Army Attack the City Wall of Lachish
In this wall relief, the Assyrian archers begin the assault on Lachish's city towers. In front of archers, a siege engine is being pushed up slowly on an artificial ramp, which was built by the Assyrians...
