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Paul Emile Botta and Assyria

In 1841 Paul Emile Botta became famous for his discovery of Sargon's Palace in the ruins of ancient Khorsabad. He was appointed the Consular Agent in the city of Mosul, which was an Ottoman province in Mesopotamia. He was part of a secret project to discover the ruins of ancient Nineveh. Botta began excavating at the mounds of Kuyunjik, and later m...

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Painting of Ancient Assur

The once proud city of Assur This painting reveals the awesome city of Ashur on the west bank of the Tigris River. When the Babylonians and the Medes destroyed Assyria in 612 BC., the city of Ashur was the first to fall. The discovery of the ruins of ancient Ashur is important in the study of Biblical Archaeology, it reveals the promise of God and...

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Royal Bodyguards of King Sennacherib

Could these bodyguards of king Sennacherib have faced the Angel of the Lord mentioned in Isaiah 37:36? This stone panel was excavated from the South-West Palace of king Sennacherib of Assyria. It dates about 700 BC. It depicts soldiers who were the royal bodyguard of the mighty Sennacherib, the same king who ordered the attack on Jerusalem in 2 Kin...

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Hebrew Prisoners Flayed Alive

Could these be Hebrews that the Assyrians were skinning alive? This alabaster wall panel was part of a series of panels that decorated the walls of the mighty king Sennacherib of Assyria, who's capital was Nineveh. It shows the Assyrian soldiers brutally abusing the captives of the conquered city of Lachish in 701 BC. The prisoners are being skinne...

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Jewish Captives

Could these be two Jewish captives? This sculptured wall relief was excavated at ancient Nineveh and illustrates the fall of Lachish by the army of king Sennacherib of Assyria. He drove the inhabitants into captivity. Sennacherib was later routed at Jerusalem by the Angel of the Lord, he had captured 36 cities. This real historical picture of th...

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Clay Prism of Sennacherib

Does this record of Sennacherib's war campaigns mention Hezekiah the Judahite? This beautifully preserved six-sided hexagonal prism of baked clay, commonly known as the Taylor Prism, was discovered among the ruins of Nineveh, the ancient capital of the Assyrian Empire. It contains the victories of Sennacherib himself, the Assyrian king who had be...

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King Ashurbanipal Stele

Could this relief be reminiscent of king Solomon who was personally involved in the dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem? This relief of Ashurbanipal (668-626 B.C.) from Nineveh reveals the king carrying a basket on his head, symbolizing the kings personal involvement in the restoration of the temple of Esagila in Babylon. King Ashurbanipal is re...

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Mound of Ancient Nineveh

Could this deserted mound be all that is left of the once mighty Nineveh? This mound is all that is left of the once mighty city of Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria. This is where there once stood the magnificent palaces of mighty kings like Sennacherib and Esarhaddon. When the Babylonians and the Medes destroyed Assyria in 612 BC., the ci...

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Colossal Statue of a Lion

Could this 15-ton Lion of War have been carved with the destruction of Israel in mind? This gigantic roaring lion, once stood as part of a pair of lions at the entrance of an Assyrian temple dedicated to Ishtar, the goddess of warfare, and fertility. The temple was adjoining the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 BC). The temple was e...

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Human Headed Winged Bull

Could this winged bull guardian have been seen by Israelite captives captured by Sargon? A colossal human-headed winged bull standing over 16 feet tall and weighing 40 tons guarded the entrance to the palace of king Sargon II of Assyria at his capital city, Khorsabad. The winged bull was called a "lamassu," which was believed to be a spiritual bei...

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