Assyrian art ancient mesopotamia

Stone statue of a Mesopotamian winged bull: Lamassu, or Kerub —*cherub in Latin, *kerubh [כְּרוּב] in Hebrew. In Akkadian: *karâbu: winged beasts, infuriated guardians of the sacred doors. Palace of Assyrian king Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, northern Iraq ~ ca.713 BC. Louvre Museum

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Tom Tierney - Assyrian & Babylonian

Assyrian kings

The Tree of Life is an ancient and mysterious symbol that has been found across various cultures throughout the world. What's remarkable is that despit...

Human Headed Winged Bull, Mesopotamia 883-859BC

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"Cradle of Civilization: Unveiling the Magnificent Legacy of Mesopotamia's Ancient Society."

These are four of the Assyrian patterns that we drew from an illustration in an old book.

Edwin Longsden Long (1829 - 1891) The Assyrian Captive, 1880 (142 x 91.4 cm)

Postcard of Ishtar Gate of Babylon from Ute, Berlin, Germany

Mesopotamia

Assyria was the region located in the ancient Near East which, under the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reached from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) through Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and down through Egypt. The...

1958, excavated under the direction of Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1959, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations

Gilgamesh was a Mesopotamian warrior king hero. His story is kept on cuneiform tablets found throughout the Mediterranean region.