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RMEGAPPE–Reconstruction of the Assyrian royal palace in Nineveh, an ancient Mesopotamian city on the Tigris River in present-day Iraq, Re
RMG1DJCN–Illustration recreating Nineveh at the height of its' power. Nineveh was an ancient Mesopotamian city located in modern day Iraq; it is on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Nineveh was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. The area was settled as early as 6000 BC and, by 3000 BC
RM2C78G29–The royal chariot awaits at the palace gate in Nineveh, Assyria. From a 19th century engraving by Nikolaus Knilling after a work by Heinrich Leutemann.
RMAT5FXN–fine arts, ancient world, Assyrians, above: bull, capricorn and ram, below: Phoenicians bringing tribute, diorite, obelisk of King Shalmaneser II (reigned 858 - 824 BC), palace at Nineveh, British Museum, London, , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RMHMNJFA–Nineveh ancient Assyrian city, of Upper Mesopotamia, (Mosul Iraq) capital Neo Assyrian Empire, (Assyria 2500 BC–612 BC)
RMFFA2MN–ASSYRIA: TRANSPORTATION. /nTransportation of a stone figure at Nineveh, Assyria, c700 B.C. Line engraving after an ancient wall painting.
RMKERPBC–Assyrian campaigns in Egypt. Assyrian army attacking the city of Memphis. 7th BCE. Palace. Nineveh. Iraq. British Museum. London.
RM2BN9M5J–Hebrew captives taken before the king of Assyria. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863
RM2HDR594–Art from ancient Assyria. Painted sculptures and enamelled bricks from the Palace of Khorsabad, Nineveh, 1-23, and Persepolis, 24-33. Hand-finished chromolithograph by Dufour & Lebreton from Albert-Charles-Auguste Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome, (Polychromatic Ornament), Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1869-73.
RMB6YC9N–jonah at nineveh Nineveh an 'exceeding great city', as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris
RFRK4BXB–London, England / United Kingdom - 2019/01/28: Ancient Assyria clay tablet relief of royal banquet from king Ashurbanipal royal palace in Nineveh at t
RM2G9J48T–Assyrian civilization. Mesopotamia. Assyrian empire Government, religion and customs. Engraving. Later colouration. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume I, 1881.
![Assyrian decoration, (1898). Examples of ancient Assyrian painting, polychrome sculpture and pottery from what is now Iraq: 'Fig 1: Portion of a glazed brick from a palace at Khorsabad. Figs 2-4: Painted bas-reliefs from Koyunjik [Kuyunjik, Nineveh]. Fig 5: Painted ornament from Nimroud [Nimrud]. Fig 6: Glazed brick from Khorsabad. Figs 7-10: Painted ornaments from Nimroud. Figs 11-12: Sacred trees. Painted bas-reliefs from Nimroud. Fig 13: Painted ornament from Nimroud. Fig 14: Enamelled brick from Khorsabad...The excavations on the banks of the Tigris at Khorsabad, Nimroud and Koyunjik broug Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AG0J00/assyrian-decoration-1898-examples-of-ancient-assyrian-painting-polychrome-sculpture-and-pottery-from-what-is-now-iraq-fig-1-portion-of-a-glazed-brick-from-a-palace-at-khorsabad-figs-2-4-painted-bas-reliefs-from-koyunjik-kuyunjik-nineveh-fig-5-painted-ornament-from-nimroud-nimrud-fig-6-glazed-brick-from-khorsabad-figs-7-10-painted-ornaments-from-nimroud-figs-11-12-sacred-trees-painted-bas-reliefs-from-nimroud-fig-13-painted-ornament-from-nimroud-fig-14-enamelled-brick-from-khorsabadthe-excavations-on-the-banks-of-the-tigris-at-khorsabad-nimroud-and-koyunjik-broug-2AG0J00.jpg "Assyrian decoration, (1898). Examples of ancient Assyrian painting, polychrome sculpture and pottery from what is now Iraq: 'Fig 1: Portion of a glazed brick from a palace at Khorsabad. Figs 2-4: Painted bas-reliefs from Koyunjik [Kuyunjik, Nineveh]. Fig 5: Painted ornament from Nimroud [Nimrud]. Fig 6: Glazed brick from Khorsabad. Figs 7-10: Painted ornaments from Nimroud. Figs 11-12: Sacred trees. Painted bas-reliefs from Nimroud. Fig 13: Painted ornament from Nimroud. Fig 14: Enamelled brick from Khorsabad...The excavations on the banks of the Tigris at Khorsabad, Nimroud and Koyunjik broug Stock Photo")
RM2AG0J00–Assyrian decoration, (1898). Examples of ancient Assyrian painting, polychrome sculpture and pottery from what is now Iraq: 'Fig 1: Portion of a glazed brick from a palace at Khorsabad. Figs 2-4: Painted bas-reliefs from Koyunjik [Kuyunjik, Nineveh]. Fig 5: Painted ornament from Nimroud [Nimrud]. Fig 6: Glazed brick from Khorsabad. Figs 7-10: Painted ornaments from Nimroud. Figs 11-12: Sacred trees. Painted bas-reliefs from Nimroud. Fig 13: Painted ornament from Nimroud. Fig 14: Enamelled brick from Khorsabad...The excavations on the banks of the Tigris at Khorsabad, Nimroud and Koyunjik broug
RM2FMXCTT–Emperor Ninus (King Ninus), mythical founder of Nineveh, ancient capital of Assyria, portrait drawing by Maerten de Vos, 1550-1603
RFHTTEMD–Assyrian relief sculpture panel of King Ashurnasirpal II dressed in Ritual robes, he is depicted twice on either side of the central sacred tree of
RF2JDK5XB–This 1910 image shows a wall panel relief in the South West Palace at Nineveh at the time of the Assyrian ruler Sennacherib. It shows coracles on the river bringing materials and passing some fishermen who float on inflated skins. The full relief shows a sculpture of a human-headed winged bull for Sennacherib's palace. The bull is on a sledge, with three officers standing on the bull, one holding a trumpet. Workers bring equipment including saws, hatchets, picks and shovels. The time period of its making is 700-692 BC.
RM2HHB5Y4–Tobit Burying the Dead 1640s Andrea di Lione Italian In the 1640s, Andrea di Lione was in Rome, where he knew both Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione and Nicolas Poussin. The pronounced classicism of this painting, including the extensive use of ancient architecture, is indebted to both artists. The cloaked figure represents the Old Testament character Tobit, a devout Jew who, in defiance of orders from his king, directed the burial outside the city of Nineveh of Jews whom the king had killed.. Tobit Burying the Dead 436891
RMADJBM4–Ancient Assyrian royal palace at Ninevah on the Tigris River destroyed in 612 BC. Hand-colored woodcut
RMRJAT7A–Stone carved relief depicting an attack on Lachish. Assyrian, about 700-692 ВС. From Nineveh, South-West Palace, This panel, show an important incident during Sennacherib's campaign of 701 BC, the capture of Lachish in the kingdom of Judah.
RMK89556–Artist's impression of one of the interior halls in the palace at Nineveh, built by Sennacherib c. 700 BC at the ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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RMHMNJFB–Nineveh ancient Assyrian city, of Upper Mesopotamia, (Mosul Iraq) capital Neo Assyrian Empire, (Assyria 2500 BC–612 BC)
RMTT7CX4–The six-sided hexagonal clay prism, commonly known as the Taylor Prism, was discovered among the ruins of Nineveh, the ancient capital of the Assyrian Empire. It contains the Annals of Sennacherib, the Assyrian king who had besieged Jerusalem in 701 BC during the reign of king Hezekiah. The Taylor Prism was discovered among the ruins of ancient Nineveh by Colonel Taylor in 1830
RMJ96443–Fisherman. Assyrian, 700-692 BC. Nineveh, South-West Palace. Iraq. Palace, Iraq. British Museum. London.
RM2BN9MAC–The Assyrian palace of Kouyunjik, being restored. Northern Iraq. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863
RM2AA0XCK–Engraved illustration of a group of people using ropes and levers to lower a statue of a winged bull at the archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh in present-day northern Iraq, by lithographer Sarony and Major, 1849. From the New York Public Library. ()
RMPGW512–'Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851' (1882)
RFRK4C18–London, England / United Kingdom - 2019/01/28: Ancient Assyria clay tablet relief of king Ashurbanipal inspecting booty and prisoners from conquered B
RM2AHMPHJ–Mesopotamia. City of Nineveh, former capital of Assyria. Engraving. Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Later colouration.
RM2WPBM8T–A beautiful woodcut from 1493 of the town of Assyrian Nineveh (now in modern Iraq). This illustration comes from the Nuremberg Chronicle, which is an enyclodpedia of world events, mythology and christian history. This extra-ordinary work was one of the earliest books ever printed and the first to successfully integrate text and images.
RFBP9M98–This alabaster relief from Nineveh, ancient Assyrian city that lay near present-day Mosul in Iraq, dates to 668-626 B.C.
RM2GTF77E–Image of ancient artwork statue digital illustration inspired by the head of Assyrian sphinx, c.700 BC, excavated palace of Sennacherib, Nineveh, Iraq
RM2B01D35–Iraq: King Ashurbanipal (685-627 BCE) hunting in a palace relief from Nineveh, c. 640 BCE. Ashurbanipal, also spelt Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was an Assyrian king, the son of Esarhaddon and the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (r. 668-627 BCE). He established the first systematically organised library in the ancient Middle East, the Library of Ashurbanipal, which survives in part today at Nineveh. In the Bible he is called Asenappar (Ezra 4:10). Roman historian Justinus identified him as Sardanapalus.
RMRJAT1E–Stone carved relief depicting an attack on Lachish. Assyrian, about 700-692 ВС. From Nineveh, South-West Palace, Room XXXVI, panels 5-6. These panels, show an important incident during Sennacherib's campaign of 701 BC, the capture of Lachish in the kingdom of Judah. artillery hurl stones and archers are shooting arrows, as troops prepare for the assault.
RM2C75G07–An Assyrian king and his retinue descending the steps of his palace in Nineveh. After a 19th century work by Heinrich Leutemann.
RM2RNM0N8–(170428) -- BAGHDAD, April 28, 2017 -- An Iraqi paramilitary soldier patrols at the ancient Hatra city in the south of Nineveh province, Iraq, on April 28, 2017. Iraqi paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, on Wednesday retook control of ancient remains of the Hatra city in south of Iraq s northern province of Nineveh after clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, the paramilitary units said. ) IRAQ-NINEVEH-ANCIENT SITE OF HATRA-IRAQI FORCES-SEIZING YaserxJawad PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN Baghdad April 28 2017 to Iraqi paramilitary Soldier Patrol AT The Ancient Hatra City in The South of Ni
RM2A4EABD–Chariot and riders of the Assyrian army Around 645 BC Nineveh, Assurbanipal Palace. ( Assurbanipal or Ashurbanipal, was King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to c. 627 BC ) King of Assyria - King of Babylon.
RMTRNXT0–The Palace of Kouyunjik (Kuyuncuk), in Nineveh, an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Nineveh was the largest city in the world for some fifty years until the year 612 BC when, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria, it was sacked by a coalition of its former subject peoples, the Babylonians, Medes, Chaldeans, Persians, Scythians and Cimmerians.
RMKERPCK–Advice for a prince. Literary text. 700-650 BC. Nineveh, Northern Iraq. Tablet clay. British Museum. London. GBR.
RMEJKC50–U.S. Army Soldiers patrol through the Nineveh ancient ruins in Mosul, Iraq, April 4, 2007. The Soldiers are with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine
RM2X1T706–Wood Engraving of the Ancient Assyrian Palaces of Nineveh - King of Assyria Sennacherib returned to Nineveh where he was worshipping the God Nisroch
RMWHB6K3–Iraq VIII century BC Ivory Goat from Nimrud - an ancient Assyrian city located south of Nineveh on the river Tigris..
RMAT51JM–fine arts, ancient world, Assyrians, procession of King Tiglat-Pileser II (reigned 967 - 936 BC), palace at Nineveh, British Museum, London, , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RM2WW9FRC–Ancient Mesopotamia. Nineveh (near the present-day Mosul, Iraq). Panoramic view of the city alongside the Tigris River. Engraving by Aubert. 'La Tierra Santa y los lugares recorridos por los profetas, por los apóstoles y por los cruzados' (The Holy Land and the sites traversed by the prophets, by the apostles and by the crusaders). Published in Barcelona by the printing house of Joaquin Verdaguer, 1840.
RMHP0R24–London, England, UK. British Museum. Assyrian panel (c640-620BC) from South West palace in Nineveh. Campaigning in Southern Iraq
RF2WXTCAF–Assyrian archers and slingers in battle, bas-relief, Sennacherib's Palace, Nineveh, Mesopotamia
RFJMA42E–Old plan of Nineveh ruins. Map and vintage captions. Ancient grey tone etching style art by Flandin, Ehrard and Bonaparte, Le Tour du Monde, 1861
RF2A9R817–This image dates to the early 1900s and shows the epxloration of the mounds at Nineveh, the oldest and most-populous city of the ancient Assyrian empire. Nineveh was situated on the east bank of the Tigris River and encircled by the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. Today, the remains of ancient Nineveh are the mound-ruins of Kouyunjik and Nabii Yunus.
RMPR204G–Iraq. Nineveh. 'The Glory of Kingdoms.' Mounds covering ancient site taken from a distance. 1932, Iraq, Ninevah, Extinct city
RMDF1M29–Phoenician ship with two rows of oars about 700 BC, from a bas-relief at Nineveh. Hand-colored woodcut
RMD993G6–Nineveh ancient city of Assyria, near modern-day Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq. Relief from the palace showing a lion hunted to death. 2nd millennium BC
RM2C81CP6–A victorious general is received by ecstatic Assyrians as he approaches the gates of the capital Nineveh. After a 19th century engraving by Bernhard Goetz from a work by Heinrich Leutemann.
RM2RNM0R7–(170428) -- BAGHDAD, April 28, 2017 -- Iraqi paramilitary soldiers patrol at the ancient Hatra city in the south of Nineveh province, Iraq, on April 28, 2017. Iraqi paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, on Wednesday retook control of ancient remains of the Hatra city in south of Iraq s northern province of Nineveh after clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, the paramilitary units said. ) IRAQ-NINEVEH-ANCIENT SITE OF HATRA-IRAQI FORCES-SEIZING YaserxJawad PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN Baghdad April 28 2017 Iraqi paramilitary Soldiers Patrol AT The Ancient Hatra City in The South of Nineveh
RMJ0CFTN–The Royal Lion hunt of King Assurbanipal from the North Palace of Nineveh 645-635 BC Mesopotamia Iraq Assyria ( King Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon and the last strong king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–609 BC ) detail
RM2H0KW5M–A late 19th Century illustration of the Royal Palace in Nineveh, an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades.
RMJ96412–Assyrian, 640-620 BC. Nineveh, South-West Palace Court VI. Approaching the river. Prisoners of war continue to haul on ropes attaches to the sledge. P
RM2BN9M41–Map of the ruins of Nineveh. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863
RM2AADG97–Ancient Assyria reconstructed section of the wall that once surrounded the capital, Nineveh, now engulfed by the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015.
RMAT51AR–fine arts, ancient world, Assyrians, lion hunt, dead lion, alabaster, Nineveh, palace of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 668 - 626 BC), British Museum, London, , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RM2WX670A–Ancient Mesopotamia. Nineveh (near the present-day Mosul, Iraq). Panoramic view of the city alongside the Tigris River. Engraving by Aubert. Later colouration. 'La Tierra Santa y los lugares recorridos por los profetas, por los apóstoles y por los cruzados' (The Holy Land and the sites traversed by the prophets, by the apostles and by the crusaders). Published in Barcelona by the printing house of Joaquin Verdaguer, 1840.
RMHP0R20–London, England, UK. British Museum. Assyrian panel (c640-620BC) from South West palace in Nineveh. Campaigning in Southern Iraq - prisoners in a plam
RMERGMTT–Jewish captives in Nineveh, Assyria. When Tiglath-Pileser III (ruled B.C. 745-727) invaded Samaria and Israel in 732, many
RMWH8H10–Assyria Bas relief from Nineveh, seventh century BC, shows King Ashurbanipal hunting lion. From Encyclopedia of the Horse page 67.
RFBPCMHF–This relief, from the palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria, has a barrel-shaped boat with fishermen.
RM2DDJ6A7–Fragment of a Carved Relief from a Palace Wall, 668 BC-627 BC Iraq, Nineveh h522 x w285 x d26 mm, Flat limestone slab showing Assyrian lancer advancing left into reeds by the side of a marsh of pool., Asia, Western Asiatic, Armour, Middle East, Architecture, Animal, Horse, Relief, Antiquities, Ancient Civilisations, Soldier, Stone Carving, Stone, Limestone
RMBAM530–reception of nineveh sculptures at the british museum Uk Tigris ancient Assyria Mosul Iraq archiology entrance steps britain
RMD969PK–Reconstruction of the north-eastern façade of Sennacherib's (d681BC) palace (Kouyunijik). Assyrian. From Austen Layard 'Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon', London, 1853.
RM2E9EJPA–Artistic impression of Nineveh as it may have appeared at the height of its power circa 700 - 800 BC. From The Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh, by Austin Henry Layard, published in London 1853.
RM2B7HEYC–Elamite prisoners campaign of King Ashurbanipal against Elam depicted in the Assyrian relief from the King Ashurbanipal Palace in Nineveh dated from 645 BC on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
RMJ48P6N–Nineveh, Mosul, northern Iraq: ploughing with a pair of donkeys within the walls (visible to rear) of the ancient (C7thBC) Assyrian city.
RMHMNJDX–Nineveh ancient Assyrian city, of Upper Mesopotamia, (Mosul Iraq) capital Neo Assyrian Empire, (Assyria 2500 BC–612 BC)
RF2WXTCAG–Gangs of slaves hauling a bull-sphinx for the building of the palace, bas-relief, Sennacherib's Palace, Nineveh, Mesopotamia
RMKERP91–Mesopotamia. Tablet clay. Treatments to soothe infants. 650 BC. From Niniveh. Assyrian Iraq. British Museum. London. GBR
RM2E3BT2J–Map of the ruins of Nineveh. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863
RMEJKC3Y–U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Salazar and Spc Tommy Banks scan for enemy snipers at the Nineveh ancient ruins in Mosul, Iraq, April 4, 2007. The Soldiers are with 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine
RMTXGRXK–Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) British archaeologist, poltician and diplomat. Excavated Nimrud/Nineveh, Iraq. 1851 Wood engraving London
RMB1579J–fine arts, ancient world, Assyrians, lion hunt, dying lion, alabaster, Nineveh, palace of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 668 - 626 BC), British Museum, London, , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RMGP6TYT–Mesopotamia. Campaign of King Ashurbanipal. Warriors. Relief. Palace of Nineveh. 7th century BC. Assyrians.
RMF873HT–Nimrud, Iraq - A flock of sheep grazing on the Nineveh plains as seen from the Royal Palace of King Ashurnasirapal II.
RMG16F02–Wall relief of Assyrian warships 700-692 BCE From Nineveh, South-West Palace. The ships were probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib. A bireme is an ancient oared warship (galley) with two decks of oars, invented by the Phoenician
RF2JDAX50–This 1908 image shows the relief on a bronze door at the palace of Shalamanesser III (c. 859-824 BC) at Balawat. The original is in the British Museum in London. Balawat is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province (Iraq). Tablets inform us that the gates at Balawat (one days march to the north-east of Nimrud) were made of fragrant cedar wood; they were hung on huge cedar-wood trunks capped with bronze and turned in stone sockets. The gates were perhaps around 12 feet high. When they were discovered in 1878 by Hormuzd Rassam, the
RFHTT66W–Assyrian relief sculpture panel of Ashurnasirpal lion hunting. From Nineveh North Palace, Iraq, 668-627 B.C. British Museum Assyrian Archaeologic
RMPR1GM8–Eunuch warrior in battle, Nineveh and its remains, with an account of a visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan
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