Arriving back in Ninevah following his campaign in Judea, King Sennacherib decided to record the battle of Lachish as a permanent reminder to all his subjects of what happens when you rebel.
The wall reliefs which he commissioned show us a lot of information about the Assyrian army.
They also depict scenes showing the defence of the city
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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