Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.The Ka'bah-e Zardusht
Ka'bah-e Zardusht
In front of Achaemenid Tomb…
Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.Relief of Hormizd II
The equestrian victory of Hormizd II (r.303-309) is immediately below Achaemenid tomb II (Artaxerxes?) and a vanished relief of Shapur II. It shows how king…
Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.Relief of Narseh
The relief of Narseh
The Investiture of…
Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.Relief of Shapur I
Philip, Valerian, Shapur, and Kartir
The…
Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.Relief of Shapur II
The damaged relief
Once, there was…
Nebuchadnezzar (Nabû-kuduri-usur): king of Babylonia, ruled 605-562.Relatives:
A very damaged inscription of Nebuchadnezzar on the bank of the Nahr al-Kalb river
Father:…
Neo-Hittites or Syro-Hittites: modern name for the successor states of the Hittite Empire, which had desintegrated in the early twelfth century BCE.Demise of the Hittite Empire
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Neriglissar: king of ancient Babylonia, ruled 559-556.The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 and was succeeded in by his son Amel-Marduk, who was almost immediately murdered and replaced by his brother-in-law Neriglissar, who is probably identical to an officer of Nebuchadnezzar…
Nidin-Bêl (c. 336 BCE): Babylonian rebel king, mentioned on one cuneiform tablet.Nidin-Bêl is mentioned in only one cuneiform text, the Uruk King List. It is a small tablet, which contains on its obverse side the names of several Babylonian kings…