#ashurbanipal

Feb 26, 201812 min read

Tiglath Pilese referred to himself as unrivalled king of the universe, king of the four quarters..

Look at this bas-relief found at a palace in Nimrud… …it depicts the humiliation of one man by another. Some sources identify the...

Mar 21, 20128 min read

Part III: Ashurbanipal!

Ashurbanipal, portrayed as a priest. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Assurbanipal_als_hogepriester.jpg) He looks the most...

Feb 14, 20121 min read

“The Mesopotamians”

Since I try to keep things fun around here, even though it doesn’t seem like it at first glance (I wrote about asphalt!), I thought I’d...