Assyria
There are 273 items in Assyria:
Esarhaddon Stela, cast, detail |
Euphrates
Euphrates (Greek Εὐφράτης): river in ancient Mesopotamia. The Euphrates at Birecik (Turkey) The Euphrates is the longest river of the Near East: it…
The Flood Tablet |
The Great Flood: Babylonian version
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in the…The Great Flood: Comparison
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in the…Gaziantep, Museum of Archaeology
Archaeological collection, covering the Bronze and Iron Ages, Hellenism, the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Garden with sculpture. There are 7 items in Gaziantep, Museum of Archaeology: …The Great Flood
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in…
Griffin on an Assyrian amulet |
Gyges Tablet |
Harran
Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae").Early History …
Harran, Cuneiform brick |
Harran, Cuneiform tablet |