Iraqi tank: Assyrian siege engine (c 865-860 BC) battering walls and tower of city. Stone relief panel; Northwest Palace, Nimrud

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Iraqi tank: Assyrian siege engine (c 865-860 BC) battering walls and tower of city. Stone relief panel from Room B of Northwest Palace, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, northern Iraq. The seige engine would also have carried archers. From British Museum, London.

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Size: 5550px × 3608px
Location: British Museum, London, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Europe
Photo credit: © Jim Batty / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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