Vulture Attacking a Dead Soldier

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Alabaster bas-relief showing a vulture pecking an eye of a soldier who was killed by the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 11 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (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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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 12). Vulture Attacking a Dead Soldier. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7279/vulture-attacking-a-dead-soldier/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Vulture Attacking a Dead Soldier." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 12, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7279/vulture-attacking-a-dead-soldier/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Vulture Attacking a Dead Soldier." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 Sep 2017. Web. 21 Feb 2025.

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