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Image: Assyrian battering ram

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Description: A large wheeled Assyrian battering ram with an observation turret attacks the collapsing walls of a besieged city, while archers on both sides exchange arrows. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, about 865-860 BC; now in the British Museum.
Title: Assyrian battering ram
Credit: ChrisO (Own work)
Permission: Public domain
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