Assyrian siege of neighbouring city

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Detail from the northwest palace of Nimrud depicting a siege by the Assyrian army of a neighbouring city, c. 1865 - 1860 BC. Two Assyrian soldiers at the bottom of the freize are demolishing the lower wall to breakthrough into the city. Emeny archers fire arrows from the battlements down onto the Ashurbanipal's besieging Assyrians. British Museum.

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Photo credit: © DAVID PARKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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