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The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

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.

Petra Treasury is a monument carved by the Nabataean craftsmen who operated under ... but other styles were also seen, originating from Assyria. In 1862, the architect Jakob Ignaz Hittorffdrew ...

And the resounding success of the Assyrian campaign is what is celebrated in these carvings. They're in shallow relief, and they'd have run like a continuous frieze pretty well from floor to ...

are carvings of a lizard, a butterfly and a caterpillar, a snail, a ladybird, and a stag beetle. The handle, formed by a winged monster, is based on an ancient Assyrian dagger given by Burges to ...

And the resounding success of the Assyrian campaign is what is celebrated in these carvings. They're in shallow relief, and they'd have run like a continuous frieze pretty well from floor to ...