The site of Tel-Lachish or Tel- Duveir lies 25 miles south west of Jerusalem adjacent to the coastal hill range. … More
Tag: Lachish
Lachish, the phoenix city
Tel Lachish Photo by orientalizing (https://www.flickr.com/photos/orientalizing/) Last July I published 3 posts about the capture of the ancient city of … 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
