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Dur-Sharrukin (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒂦𒈗𒁺, romanized: Dūr Šarru-kīn, "Fortress of Sargon"; Arabic: دور شروكين, Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. The great city was entirely ...
The reliefs at the Louvre. The Assyrian Timber Transportation relief is a well-known wall relief from the palace of Dur-Sharrukin, the Assyrian capital under Sargon II.The reliefs are held in the Louvre, having been excavated in 1844 by Paul-Émile Botta.
The foundations of Dur-Sharrukin ("fortress of Sargon") were laid in 717. Dur-Sharrukin was built between the Husur river and Mount Musri, near the village of Magganabba, around 16 kilometres (10 miles) northeast of Nineveh. The new city could use water from Mount Musri [69] but the location otherwise lacked obvious practical or political merit ...
1853 photograph of excavations at Sargon II's palace in Dur-Sharrukin. Shortly after the finds at Dur-Sharrukin were publicized, the German Assyriologist Isidore Löwenstern was the first to suggest that the city had been constructed by the Sargon briefly mentioned in the Bible, though he also identified Sargon with Esarhaddon. Löwenstern's ...
Changed the Assyrian capital to Dur-Sharrukin. Killed in battle in Anatolia, fighting against Tabal. [101] Sennacherib Sîn-aḥḥē-erība: 705 – 681 BC (24 years) Son of Sargon II Changed the Assyrian capital to Nineveh. Murdered by his eldest son Arda-Mulissu, who hoped to seize power for himself. [102] Esarhaddon Aššur-aḫa-iddina ...
An 1843 treaty signed in the Republic of Texas sparks a tribal authenticity debate Graham Lee Brewer and Tristan Ahtone and Joshua Eaton October 27, 2021 at 8:24 AM
Tiglath-pileser III, after conquering Babylonia, participated in the Akitu festival in Babylon, [60] and Sargon II made Babylon his temporary residence while Dur-Sharrukin was under construction and took part in the Akitu. [61] [62] Marduk frequently appears in Assyrian royal inscriptions, before the Assyrian kings even gained control over ...
Louisiana will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, forging ahead on plans set in motion last spring to carry out death sentences using nitrogen hypoxia.. The office of Louisiana Gov. Jeff ...