Ashurbanipal is regarded by many historians as the last of the great Kings of the Assyrian Empire. He was the … More
Category: Ancient Near Eastern History
Zoroastrianism at the British Museum
I recently went to the British Museum’s current exhibition on Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism was a state religion of Persia from around … More
The capture of Lachish (3)
The final scenes in the wall reliefs from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh show the conquering Assyrian army returning with the … More
The capture of Lachish (2)
Arriving back in Ninevah following his campaign in Judea, King Sennacherib decided to record the battle of Lachish as a … More
The capture of Lachish (1)
From around the year 900 BCE, the Assyrian Empire began to expand and by 700 BCE had reached as far … More
