Assyrer Krieg
-2500 bis fall von Nineveh (Mosul, Irak) in 612 BC
Assyrian soldiers
brandishing the heads of
fallen enemies, then adding
them to a growing mountain
Two Assyrian Soldiers erect stakes of impaled men, killed
during the siege of Lachish. From Nineveh (modern-day
Mosul Governorate, Iraq), Room XXXVI of the southwest
palace, panel 7. The British Museum, London. Photo by
Osama S. M. Amin. Siege of Lachish Reliefs at the British
Museum –Ancient History et cetera
Though their reign of terror largely ended in 612 BC, the
Neo-Assyrian kings and their horrendous monuments did
achieve some measure of immortality. They left historians
and archaeologists with a glimpse into one of history’s most
brutal empires.
The siege of the Judean city of Lachish in 701 BC. Relief
depicts unfortunate Lachish victims being flayed alive. The
siege is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in 2 Kings Chapter
18 Siege of Lachish Reliefs at the British Museum –Ancient
History et cetera
Section of a relief depicting conquests of
Assyrian King Sennacherib. Assyrian soldiers
toss piles of heads at the feet of their leader.
From Nineveh (modern-day Mosul Governorate,
Iraq), Room XXXII of the southwest palace,
panels 7-8. The British Museum, London.
Krieg
