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Image: Assyrian siege-engine attacking the city wall of Lachish, part of the ascending assaulting wave. Detail of a wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum

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Description: Assyrian siege-engine attacking the city wall of Lachish. The ascending and assaulting Assyrian military wave is overwhelming. Detail of a gypsum wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From the South-West Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum, London.
Title: Assyrian siege-engine attacking the city wall of Lachish, part of the ascending assaulting wave. Detail of a wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum
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