Decapitated Heads of Assyrian Enemies

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 12 September 2017

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Decapitated Heads of Assyrian Enemies — Alabaster bas-relief showing Assyrian soldiers holding the decapitated heads of their defeated enemy before Assyrian musicians. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 6 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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 12). Decapitated Heads of Assyrian Enemies. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7281/decapitated-heads-of-assyrian-enemies/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Decapitated Heads of Assyrian Enemies." World History Encyclopedia, September 12, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7281/decapitated-heads-of-assyrian-enemies/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Decapitated Heads of Assyrian Enemies." World History Encyclopedia, 12 Sep 2017, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7281/decapitated-heads-of-assyrian-enemies/.

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