Lachish has fallen but what happened to the inhabitants? The likelihood is that a large number were killed. A burial … More
Tag: Sennacherib
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
