Face of a Colossal Figure from Nineveh

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This carved stone face probably belonged to a head of a sphinx. The Assyrian king Sennacherib ordered several colossal statues to be made in his new palace. Such giant statues were thought to have a supra-natural protective power. From the south-west palace at Nineveh (modern Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), northern Mesopotamia. 700-695 BCE. (The British Museum).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, October 17). Face of a Colossal Figure from Nineveh. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3169/face-of-a-colossal-figure-from-nineveh/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Face of a Colossal Figure from Nineveh." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Oct 2014. Web. 10 Mar 2025.

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