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  1. 3 Jul 2020

    Palace Entrance at , .

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  2. Jul 1

    Are you having a challenging week? You can always swing by the ⁦⁩ galleries and discuss the matter with this mighty figure of a protective deity, from the palace of Dated around 883-859 BCE

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  3. 8 Apr 2019

    The Lamassu from the city of , dating back to the reign of king Ashurnasirpal II from 883 to 859 BC. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY.

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  4. Jan 12

    Panel from the Northwest Palace of (ancient Kalhu) . 883-859 . the palace contain many of this panels, and this a part of a much larger panel

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  5. 30 Apr 2020

    A technician at the Museum holds a carved ivory cow and calf furniture decoration from ancient - "Ancient " - 9th-8th century B.C.

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  6. Jan 22

    Ruins of the Ancient city of , , By:

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  7. 27 Jul 2020

    The  ivories are a large group of small carved ivory plaques and figures dating from the 9th to the 7th centuries BC that were excavated from the Assyrian city of Nimrud (in modern  in Iraq)

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  8. 14 Nov 2019

    Arte Asirio Assyrian Art

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  9. 15 Oct 2020
    Replying to

    Hm... will give the benefit of the doubt of getting this right, but agree that the clip and publicity are wide of the mark... has done great work on the 'mythology' around and at

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  10. May 24

    Via unusual angles, shooting the Black Obelisk of III, c. 827-824 BCE. From Nimrud, Iraq. British Museum.

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  11. Mar 31

    the latest Material Musings blog is out! "The Monarchy and Magic at " has been written by Emily Porter-Eliot, who currently enrolled on our MA in Ancient & Visual Material Culture. Enjoy!

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  12. 5 Apr 2020

    Gold crown, part of the treasure known as 's gold, in the National Museum of Baghdad

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  13. 18 Jul 2018

    Assyrian Golden Rings from Nimrud 8th c. B.C. The treasures excavated from Nimrud in 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage.

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  14. 15 Dec 2020

    A harrowing tale of the cultural cost of war “Marred but Proud”

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  15. Apr 1

    Another great blogpost from , this time on a relief panel at by Emily Porter-Elliot. Check out this and other blogs at

    New post on Material Musings blog: Emily Porter-Elliot discusses a relief panel from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud.
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  16. 23 Oct 2020

    The amazing moments to discover the statue king Shalmaneser III in his palace in city of in 1960, now it is in Iraqi national museum.

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  17. 2 Aug 2018

    A lot more work still to be done. Throwing myself into as much as I can as to how the donor, John Henderson of Park, came to acquire not only this panel, but our genie from the North West Palace of Nimrud. (Room I, Panel I-21)

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  18. 26 Sep 2019

    Relief excavated from . The ancient city is also known as . Central Palace - Figure on the left is a soldier in lionskin cloak with bells and a whip. , London.

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  19. 26 May 2019

    Colossal protective figures excavated at , now housed at the . The team had an opportunity to capture footage within these galleries for our upcoming documentary and for future cultural heritage initiatives facilitated by our organisation.

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  20. Apr 24

    Fascinating talk of the queens of ancient with Dr. Amy Gansell through ! Beautiful discussion and imagery. 😍🌞

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