Assyria
There are 273 items in Assyria:
![]() Harrian, Relief of an archaic warrior |
Hatra
Hatra: city in Mesopotamia, buffer state between the Roman Empire and its neighbors in the east, the Parthian and Sasanian Empires. …Historiography
Historiography: the study of the way historians have tried to render account of their past.Ancient Near East Clio, the Muse of…Istanbul, Arkeoloji Müzesi
What did I expect when I decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeological Museum? I only had some vague notions about the collection, but nothing more. I knew that the famous Alexander sarcophagus and a well-known portrait of Diocletian were there;…
![]() Jerwan Aqueduct |
Kalhu (Nimrud)
Kalhu or, Biblical, Kalah (Hebrew כלח): capital of ancient Assyria, modern Nimrud.History The ziggurat of Nimrud This city, called Kalhu by the Assyrians…Kaneš (Kültepe)
Kaneš or Neša: central town in the Middle Bronze trade network of Anatolia, with several palaces and an Assyrian trading post (modern Kültepe, twenty kilometers northeast of modern Kayseri).Early History …
![]() Kanesh, Account of a caravan |
![]() Kanesh, Karum, Cist grave |
![]() Kanesh, Karum, Street |
![]() Kanesh, Karum, Traces of fire |
![]() Kanesh, Letter (in an envelope) concerning silver debt |