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The Rassam Cylinder, a 10-sided prism from the 7th century BC with an inscription describing the reign of Ashurbanipal
The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...
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Researchers uncover massive palace in ancient Assyrian capital Dur-Sharrukin
Sargon II was unexpectedly killed in battle, and after his death, his son and successor relocated the capital from Dur-Sharrukin to the settlement of Nineveh ... of Sargon II's palace at Dur ...
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Ancient Assyrian capital that's been abandoned for 2,700 years revealed in new magnetic survey
The previously undiscovered structures challenge the notion that Khorsabad was never developed beyond a palace complex in ... moved the capital to the city of Nineveh, and Khorsabad was abandoned ...
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Carved relief from Nineveh
At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.