Ashurbanipal Gallery

A relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal

A relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal. The king and his queen feasting in the royal gardens following the defeat and death of the Elamite King Teumman at the battle of Til-Tuba in 653. Detail of king and queen. Culture: Assyrian. Date/Period: Late Assyrian, c.645 BC. Place of Origin: Nineveh, Assyria, Ancient Iraq. Material Size: Stone. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London. Location: 15

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Priest with a branch of pomergranate tree. Detail of a relief from the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II, 722-705 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art

Priest with a branch of pomergranate tree. Detail of a relief from the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II, 722-705 BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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Die Mauern von Babylon (from the series The Eighth Wonders of the World) After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1572. Artist: Galle, Philipp (1537-1612)

Die Mauern von Babylon (from the series The Eighth Wonders of the World) After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1572. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

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