Babylonia under Assyrian Siege

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Assyrian relief, from the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Iraq, from the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III, c. 728 BCE.

Date palms indicate that the city, most of which were on an adjacent slab, was probably Babylonia. It stood by a river or a canal. An Assyrian soldier holds a large body shield and two archers take aim.

The British Museum, London.

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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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