Iraq. Babylon "the great."
Iraq.
Iraq. Ur.
Bas relief from Nimrud: Bearers of tribute in the form of apes from distant lands, as an offering to the Assyrian ruler.
IRAQ: ZIGGURAT IN UR.
Iraq. Babylon, view of the crumbling ruins.
ZIGGURAT OF UR-NAMMU
Fragment of a carved relief depicting the boot of a soldier from Nineveh, Iraq
Fragment of a carved relief depicting a spearman from Nineveh, Iraq
IRAQ: ZIGGURAT AT UR.
Painting depicting the city of Babylon
ASSYRIAN QUEEN, 645 B.C.
ASSYRIAN STONE CARVING.
Susa: The Palace of Artaxerxes II. Frieze depicting the royal Archaemenian archers.
ISRAELITE TRIBUTE.
ZIGGURAT AT UR.
TIGLATH PILESER III.
SHALMANESER III & JEHU.
HAMMURABI (d. 1750 B.C.).
The Queen's Lyre.
BIBLE: BABYLON FALLING.
The King is installed before the besieged city.
IRAQ: BABYLON RUINS.
Assyrians manoeuvring a huge statue.
BABYLON: RUINS.
BABYLONIA: BOUNDARY STONE.
ASSYRIAN SCRIBES
ISRAELITE SUBMISSION.
An Assyrian cavalry.
ASSYRIAN BOOTY.
IRAN: PERSEPOLIS.
SUMERIAN DAGGER.
The Warka Vase, dated to c. 3200 3000 BC.
Telloh, the Sumerian ruler of Lagash, Urnanshe with his son
The Gates of Shalmaneser III
The Gates of Shalmaneser III. Ninth century B.C.
Prisoners of War, bound together in pairs.
Head of winged genius from Assyria.
Susa; Winged Griffin.
Assyrian reliefs depicting the military exploits of the rulers and the overthrow of their enemies.
The Central Palace of Nimrud.
Mesopotamia: Palace of Mari. Part of a sacrificial scene, restored by Paul Francois, architect to the expedition of M Andre Parrot, from thousands of tiny fragments.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
BABYLONIAN SPHINX.
SUMERIAN VICTORY.
TIAMAT.
The evacuation of an Assyrian city.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE.
BABYLON: HANGING GARDENS.
Detail from the Standard of Ur, Sumerian.
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
Wall frieze depicting archers in battle. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC From Nimrud, Iraq..
Wall frieze depicting Fisherman. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq. .
Illustration recreating Nineveh at the height of its' power
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
Contest with daggers.
CUNEIFORM.
MYTHOLOGY: OANNES (DAGON).
BABYLON: BASALT LION.
Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe.
Assyrians cutting down the date palms.
The great Assyrian hunter, Nimrod.
The Assyrian god Nisroch.
England, London, British Museum, Assyrian Relief from Nimrud depicting a Court Scene dated 865 BC
The fall of Babylon.
BABYLON: SUN WORSHIP.
A terracotta tablet excavated at Babylon.
A Babylonian cuneiform.
Return from the lion hunt Nineveh, Iraq.
ASSYRIAN FEAST, c645 B.C.
ASSYRIAN PALACE.
FILM: INTOLERANCE, 1916.
Phoenician figurine of a crouching woman, 900-800 B.c
Miniature stand and spouted jar and stem from a stand or dish.
BABYLON: BASALT LION
ASSYRIAN: BLACK OBELISK.
Belshazzar's Feast.
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
Reconstructed Babylonian structure
GILGAMESH, 7th CENTURY B.C.
Ruins of Babylon
Image of Nebo (Nabu), Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
ASSYRIAN GRIFFIN.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, illustration
Wall frieze depicting servants carrying dead lion. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh. Iraq.
Hunting.
Fishermen from Nineveh 700 - 693 B.C.
Seal impression from Warka, near the ancient city of Uruk
The Assyrian fish-tailed god Oannes.
APOCALYPSE: BABYLON.
Woodcut depicting a royal sport during the days of Nineveh's Power
The sale of female slaves in Babylon in the 18th century BC
Nebuchadnezzar II's construction of Babylon, 6th century BC
One of the oldest depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur, 4000 BC
FALL OF BABYLON
An attendant god.
Wall frieze depicting a triumphal march. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC From Nimrud, Iraq..
Wall frieze depicting a triumphal march. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC From Nimrud, Iraq. .
MAYAN PYRAMID, c450 A.D.
Campaign in Southern Iraq 640 B.C.
FACUNDUS BEATUS, 1047.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 1679 artwork
MYTHOLOGY: PEGASUS.
Ancient Babylonian carvings
Cuneiform script on terracotta sphere
Wall frieze depicting Campaign against the town of -alammu. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq..
Wall frieze depicting Attack on the town of Alammu. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq. .
Cuneiform Babylonian tablet, 2nd millennium BC
Cuneiform Babylonian tablet, 1st millennium BC
City under siege 728 B.C.
BABYLONIAN LION
Panel showing Tiglath-pileser III's campaign in southern Iraq 728 B.C.
Overview of Babylon, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
The royal lion hunt Assyrian.
Hunting gazelle.
The royal lion hunt.
The White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I
The Balawat Gates.
Captive Jews led into Babylonia, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
ARTAXERXES & EZRA.
BABYLONIAN TEMPLE.
Semiramis Building Babylon
BABYLON: LION.
ASSYRIA: STONE CARVING.
BABYLON: BRICKS.
Servants carrying dead lion.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE 600 B.C.
IRAQ: AERIAL VIEW.
Babylon Fallen
ASSYRIA: CUNEIFORM.
BABYLON: PALACE WALL.
TIGLATH-PILESER III.
Hanging gardens of Babylon, artwork
Woodcut depicting a camp scene in the days of Nineveh's Power
Woodcut depicting a chase in the desert during the days of Nineveh's Power
IRAQ: NIMRUD, c1932.
The famous library of King Ashurbanipal.
DARIUS I, c520 B.C.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners carrying buckets of stones to build a wall.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners pulling a wheeled cart loaded with logs. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners raising a huge log to build a structure. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC ..
Grant of Privileges to Ritti-Marduk by Nebuchadrezzar I
Assyrian rock sculpture
Assyrian statue of Gilgamesh
Statue of Nebo, God of wisdom and literacy
Hall in Assyrian Palace, illustration
Assur-nazir-pal attended by a winged mythological being
Eagle-headed mythological being
Royal hunt
Map of the excavations in Babylonia and Assyria
Plan of Nineveh
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
Campaigning in southern Iraq.
GRIFFITH: INTOLERANCE 1916.
BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM.
Naqshe Rostam at night, Iran
Sennacherib’s bodyguard.
Warship (probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib).
Lion hunt on horseback.