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Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.. The goddess Lama appears initially as a mediating goddess who precedes the orans and presents them to the deities. [3] The protective deity is clearly labelled as Lam(m)a in a Kassite stele unearthed at Uruk, in the temple of Ishtar, goddess to which she had been dedicated by king Nazi-Maruttash (1307–1282 BC). [9]
On 8 March 2015 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reportedly started the plunder and demolition of Dur-Sharrukin, according to the Kurdish official from Mosul Saeed Mamuzini. [2] The Iraqi Tourism and Antiquities Ministry launched the related investigation on the same day. [2] Only one looting tunnel has been found. [3]
Sheikh Omar, near Fadhil [4] Sadriya; Shorja: this marketplace, established during the Abbasid period about 750 CE, [5] is the city's oldest [6] Bab Al-Sharqi : Mixed area. Al-Sa'adoon; Haydar-Khana: One of the oldest neighborhoods of Baghdad and contains the ancient Haydar-Khana Mosque. [7] New Baghdad (Baghdad Al-Jadida) or 9 Nissan District
Nimrud (/ n ɪ m ˈ r uː d /; Syriac: ܢܢܡܪܕ Arabic: النمرود) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia.
"Lamassu is a form of mythical creature with mixed composition, it is more often a winged bull with a man’s head and a lion's paws (photo No. 1), or with a man’s head and a bull’s feet (photo No. 2) – Lamassu took several forms during the different periods of history, even in Assyria (Ashur), it took at times the form of a non-winged ...
Looted head of a lamassu, cut into several pieces by the plunderers. From Khorsabad, Iraq. Circa 710 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum. Archaeological looting in Iraq took place since at least the late 19th century. The chaos following war provided the opportunity to pillage everything that was not nailed down.
The Neo-Assyrian Empire [b] was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, [15] [c] the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient Near East and parts of South Caucasus, North Africa and East Mediterranean throughout much of the 9th to 7th centuries BC, becoming the largest empire in history up to that point.
The local palace was bulldozed, while lamassu statues at the gates of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II were smashed. [41] A video showing the destruction of Nimrud was released in April 2015. [ 42 ] By the time the city was retaken by government forces, 90% of the excavated zone of Nimrud, including Ashurbanipal II's palace, the ziggurat, and its ...