Assyrian Empire
49 artifacts · 2500 BCE – 645 BCE · people (14) · architecture (10) · artifact (10) · battle (8) · art (4) · spiritual (3)
The Assyrian Empire, known for its military might and architectural achievements, dominated the ancient Near East for centuries. This hall features impressive artifacts, monumental sculptures, and the stories of powerful kings, revealing the empire's enduring legacy of art and governance.
The Collection
- Assur (ancient city) — Ancient · architecture
- Assur (deity) — Ancient · spiritual
- Nergal — Ancient · spiritual
- Shamshi-Adad I — Ancient · people
- Shalmaneser I — Ancient · people
- Tukulti-Ninurta I — Ancient · people
- Tiglath-Pileser I — Ancient · people
- Nimrud — 900 BCE · architecture
- Ashurnasirpal II — Ancient · people
- Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II — Ancient · architecture
- Ashurnasirpal II palace reliefs — Ancient · art
- Shalmaneser III — Ancient · people
- Balawat — Ancient · architecture
- Balawat Gates — Ancient · artifact
- Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — 825 BCE · artifact
- Adad-nirari III — Ancient · people
- Semiramis — Ancient · people
- Tell Barsip — Ancient · architecture
- Treasure of Nimrud — Ancient · artifact
- Nimrud Ivories — Ancient · artifact
- Assyrian lion weights — Ancient · artifact
- Sargon II — 764 BCE · people
- Tiglath-Pileser III — 745 BCE · people
- Sennacherib — 744 BCE · people
- Siege of Samaria (722 BCE) — Ancient · battle
- Lamassu — 720 BCE · artifact
- Dur-Sharrukin — Ancient · architecture
- Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad — Ancient · architecture
- Siege of Lachish (701 BCE) — Ancient · battle
- Siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) — Ancient · battle
- Battle of Eltekeh — Ancient · battle
- Siege of Lachish reliefs — Ancient · art
- Nineveh — 700 BCE · architecture
- Palace of Sennacherib — Ancient · architecture
- Temple of Ishtar, Nineveh — Ancient · architecture
- Ishtar of Nineveh — Ancient · spiritual
- Taylor Prism — Ancient · artifact
- Naqia (Zakutu) — Ancient · people
- Sack of Babylon (689 BCE) — Ancient · battle
- Ashurbanipal — 684 BCE · people
- Esarhaddon — Ancient · people
- Capture of Memphis (671 BCE) — Ancient · battle
- Stele of Esarhaddon — Ancient · artifact
- Sack of Thebes (663 BCE) — Ancient · battle
- Battle of Til-Tuba — Ancient · battle
- Flood Tablet — Ancient · artifact
- Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal — 645 BCE · artifact
- Ashurbanipal banquet relief — Ancient · art
- Dying Lioness relief — Ancient · art