Assyria
There are 273 items in Assyria:
Aššur, Ziggurat |
Aššurbanipal
Aššurbanipal: king of Assyria (r.669/8-631 or perhaps 627).Aššurbanipal's Accession Aššurbanipal Appointed by Esarhaddon as ruler in Babylonia 669/668: Made king of Assyria after…
Assurbanipal |
Assyria
Assyria (mât Aššur): ancient name for the northeastern part of modern Iraq, situated on the east bank of the Tigris. It is also the name of one of the greatest empires of Antiquity. Assyria was overthrown in 612 BCE by…
Assyrian archer |
Esarhaddon and his mother attend the restoration of Babylon |
Comparative table of Babylonian Chronology |
Baghdad, National Museum of Iraq
The National Museum of Baghdad was looted in 2003 but has been reopened and is now accessible to visitors. The collection contains finds from Prehistory, Sumer (e.g., Ur), Assyria, Babylonia, and more recent periods (e.g., Hatra). Many objects are still…
The Sack of Tyre, as shown on the Balawat Gates (cast) |
Berlin, Pergamon Museum
The Pergamonmuseum is probably Berlin’s most famous cultural institution. It contains three major collections which, each in itself, might have been fine museums: a classical department, a department of ancient Near Eastern art, and a department of Islamic art. What…
Bronze plaque of Assyrian horses and rider |
Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis
Yesterday, I visited the Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire / Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis in Brussels, one of my favorite museums in Belgium. I have been there quite often, but this was the first time that all the…