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Assyrian Soldiers Holding Decapitated Heads of Nubian Soldiers
Detail of a large gypsum wall panel, depicting the Assyrian attack on a fortress at the Egyptian city of Memphis in 667 BCE, Panel 17, Room M of the North Palace at Nineveh, Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 645-635...

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Map of the Old Assyrian Empire - Between Cities & Kingdoms -The Foundations of Imperial Power
This map illustrates the political landscape of the Ancient Near East around c. 1700 BCE, during the Old Assyrian period and shortly before the rise of the Babylonian Empire under Hammurabi (reigned c. 1792–1750 BCE). It highlights key regional...

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Assyrian Siege Warfare
Artist's impression of an Assyrian siege. The Assyrian Empire laid siege to many cities using machinery such as siege towers, vividly depicted in the palace reliefs of Nineveh. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

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Assyrian Battle Scene
Assyrian relief, from the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq; reused later in the South-West Palace, from the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III, c. 728 BCE. An enemy horseman is ridden down by a pair of a armored...

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Assyrian Soldiers Slaughtering their Enemies
Alabaster bas-relief showing defeated soldiers being seized and killed by Assyrian soldiers. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 9 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (Th British Musuem, London)

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Assyrian Soldiers Attacking a City
Alabaster bas-relief depicting an overwhelming Assyrian attack on a city. 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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Assyrian Army Assaulting a City
Alabaster bas-relief showing a massive and progressive Assyrian assault on a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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Assyrian Enemies Trying to Escape
Alabaster bas-relief showing two defeated soldiers trying to escape form the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 9 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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Assyrian Soldiers with Iron Crowbars
Alabaster bas-relief depicting Assyrian soldiers using iron crowbars. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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Neo-Assyrian Political Pact Stele, Al-Anbar
Only this fragment of a large stele has survived. On the surface, the Assyrian and Babylonian kings were carved in relief. The cuneiform inscription narrates a political treaty between them. The faces of the kings were deliberately vandalized...