IRAQ: ZIGGURAT IN UR.
IRAQ: ZIGGURAT AT UR.
ZIGGURAT AT UR.
ZIGGURAT OF UR-NAMMU
Iraq. Ur.
Iraq.
Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe.
SUMERIAN DAGGER.
SUMERIAN VICTORY.
ZIGGURAT, 13th CENTURY B.C.
The Queen's Lyre.
IRAQ: RESIDENTIAL AREA.
Iraq. Babylon "the great."
Detail from the Standard of Ur, Sumerian.
SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEAL
URUK: INNIN TEMPLE FACADE.
SUMER: DRINKING TROUGH.
ASSYRIA: DUR SHARRUKIN.
The evolving wheel: 1 Wheel of Ur; 2-3 First and second wheels of Mercurago; 4 Assyrian; 5 Egyptian
IRAQ: SUMERIAN TEMPLE.
Seal impression from Warka, near the ancient city of Uruk
IRAQ: JEWELRY.
SUMERIAN GOLD HELMET.
SUMERIAN JEWELRY.
IRAQ: LYRE, c2500 B.C.
SUMER: UR-NINGIRSU.
SUMERIAN GOAT.
SUMERIAN HEADDRESS.
SUMERIAN SEAL.
SUMER: WHITE TEMPLE.
BABYLONIAN TEMPLE.
The Warka Vase, dated to c. 3200 3000 BC.
The Royal Game of Ur
SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM.
IRAQ: LYRE.
IRAQ: LYRE
Etemenanki ziggurat, Babylon
IRAQ: LYRE W/ BULL'S HEAD.
BABYLONIAN TABLET.
SUMERIAN STATUETTE.
SUMERIAN ART, c2500 B.C.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
GILGAMESH, 7th CENTURY B.C.
The Peace frieze from the Standard of Ur. Sumerian artefact excavated from the Royal Cemetery in Ur (located in modern-day Iraq)
Return from the lion hunt Nineveh, Iraq.
SUMER: STATUETTE, 2500 B.C.
The Balawat Gates.
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. .
ASSYRIAN FEAST, c645 B.C.
Model of ancient Babylonian temple, illustration
Hunting.
Fishermen from Nineveh 700 - 693 B.C.
TIAMAT.
SUMERIAN BRONZE
SUMERIAN ART.
SUMERIAN DOE.
One of the oldest depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur, 4000 BC
Persian capture of Babylon, 19th-century illustration
IRAQ: NIMRUD, c1932.
Decorated ostrich eggshell from the Ur cemetery.
Campaign in Southern Iraq 640 B.C.
ASSYRIAN QUEEN, 645 B.C.
ASSYRIAN STONE CARVING.
ASSYRIA: CUNEIFORM.
CUNEIFORM.
Telloh, the Sumerian ruler of Lagash, Urnanshe with his son
The Gates of Shalmaneser III
The King is installed before the besieged city.
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.
Susa: The Palace of Artaxerxes II. Frieze depicting the royal Archaemenian archers.
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.
The royal lion hunt Assyrian.
Hunting gazelle.
The royal lion hunt.
Miniature stand and spouted jar and stem from a stand or dish.
ASSYRIAN GRIFFIN.
BABYLONIAN SPHINX.
Painting depicting the city of Babylon
Illustration recreating Nineveh at the height of its' power
The White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I
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. .
Panel showing Tiglath-pileser III's campaign in southern Iraq 728 B.C.
ASSYRIAN OBELISK.
ISRAELITE TRIBUTE.
Ur-Nammu stele
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
Phoenician figurine of a crouching woman, 900-800 B.c
Iraq. Babylon, view of the crumbling ruins.
IRAQ: AERIAL VIEW.
The Royal lion hunt.
ASSYRIA: STONE CARVING.
The 'Peace' panel
Assyrian wall plaques
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. .
ASSYRIAN BOOTY.
CUNEIFORM TABLET.
Sennacherib’s bodyguard.
Warship (probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib).
Lion hunt on horseback.
Relief of winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
Winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
A winged bull for Sennacherib's palace 704 - 681 B.C.
Assyrian battle scene 728 B.C.
City under siege 728 B.C.
IRAQ: MINARET.
ASSYRIAN PALACE.
EGYPT: HATSHEPSUT TEMPLE.
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
Bas relief from Nimrud: Bearers of tribute in the form of apes from distant lands, as an offering to the Assyrian ruler.
Contest with daggers.
MYTHOLOGY: OANNES (DAGON).
Woodcut depicting a royal sport during the days of Nineveh's Power
EGYPT: KARNAK RUINS.
TIGLATH PILESER III.
ASSYRIAN BULL.
SHALMANESER III & JEHU.
ASSYRIAN GENIUS.
ISRAELITE SUBMISSION.
ASSYRIAN JUG.
ASSYRIAN IVORY HEAD.
ASSYRIAN IVORY WOMAN.
ASSYRIAN: BLACK OBELISK.
The famous library of King Ashurbanipal.
SUMER: PLAQUE, c2400 B.C.
Assyrian Battle scene.
Limestone box with foundation tablets from Balawat
An attendant god.
Wall frieze depicting servants carrying dead lion. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh. Iraq.
GREECE: PARTHENON.
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 ..
DISH OF HALAF WARE.
EGYPT: MEDINET HABU.
IRAQ: BABYLON RUINS.
ROME: VESTAL TEMPLE.
CRETE: KNOSSOS PALACE.
CRETE: MINOAN VIADUCT.
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
EGYPT: COLOSSI OF MEMNON.
EGYPT: LUXOR TEMPLE.
EGYPT: STEP PYRAMID.