The Assyrian relief sculptures in this exhibition are some of the most extraordinary pieces in the Bowdoin collection. Carved at the behest of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in the ninth century B ...
Ashurbanipal lived during the reigns of Judean kings Manasseh, Amon and Josiah. He is famous for collecting over 20,000 ...
The stone reliefs, which are around 3000 years old, were once decorated with colored pigments, long since lost through the ages. Professor Jim Higginbotham (Associate Professor of Classics on the ...
Wall relief panel depicting an “urmahlilu” (Lion-Man) (645-640 BCE), a protective spirit, North Palace, Nineveh, in the I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria (unless noted otherwise, ...
Ever since the Los Angeles County Museum opened a year ago, a massive assemblage (8 ft. by 251 ft.) of dark alabaster Assyrian reliefs has stood proudly in the marble foyer. Admired by the museum’s ...
The Assyrian reliefs at the British Museum. Exhibition Design by RAA. Immersive exhibits by Journey. Photography courtesy of Journey. (Alberto Romano) Journey, a global design and innovation studio ...
Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire. "What ...
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Smashed by ISIS, a 2,700-year-old carving may have been the earliest-known depiction of Jerusalem
“Normally in Assyrian reliefs, you would see cities being looted and burned, and [Assyrian soldiers] carrying away the treasures and captives,” said Compton. But slab 28 shows a standing city, and no ...
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