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City Wall of Hattusa, Reconstruction
Modern reconstruction of a 65m long section of the city wall of Hattusa made of mud brick with defence towers built at intervals of 20-25 metres. The reconstructed part rests on top of the original Hittite foundations. Hattusa was the capital...
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City Wall, Empuries
A section of the Roman city-wall of Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. 1st century BCE. The base of the wall was made using calcareous rock while the upper portion is of Roman concrete (opus caementicium).
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Ramparts of a Medieval City in A Plague Tale: Innocence
Amicia de Rune standing in front of the ramparts of a Medieval city in the video game A Plague Tale: Innocence.
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Capture of the Elamite city of Din-Sharri
This alabaster bas relief was part of a large wall relief that depicts the military campaign of Ashurbanipal against the Elamite city of Din-sharri. The relief shows an Assyrian soldier leading a captured woman and a cow away, as part of...
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Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort
This is the lower register (of two registers; the upper one is not shown) which shows yoked captives and their Assyrian escort. Shalmaneser III's military campaign in northern Syria, attack on the city of Dabigu, c. 858 BCE. Detail, bronze...
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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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Crown Prince Shalmaneser III Attacks a City
Alabaster bas-relief depicting Shalmaneser III, Ashurnasirpal II’s son, attacking 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 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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Sargon II Attacks a City
This relief was part of Sargon II's throne, from Throne Hall VII of the Royal Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Circa 710 BCE. The Assyrian king, Sargon II, stands in his royal chariot, below a...
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Assyrian Archers Attacking a City
Alabaster bas-relief depicting Assyrian archers attacking 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)
