Hyperallergic

Stories of an Assyrian King and What Became of His Empire

Wall relief panel depicting an “urmahlilu” (Lion-Man) (645-640 BCE), a protective spirit, North Palace, Nineveh, in the I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria (unless noted otherwise, ...
AINA

In the Court of Nineveh, Knowledge Was Power

Ancient Assyrian clay tablets held at the British Museum in London. (Alamy) Ashurbanipal is having a moment. Some 2,600 years after his death, the King of Assyria has been the subject of a major ...
The Economist

Inside the court of Ashurbanipal, king of the world

In one of the most memorable scenes in “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, the world’s oldest epic, the eponymous hero confronts Humbaba, a monster who guards the Cedar Forest, the realm of the gods at the edge ...
AINA

Danger to the Survival of Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict

A relief depicting Ashurbanipal, the last emperor of the Assyrian empire, hunting a lion. (British Museum) If the lamassu were to be asked where it wanted to go, what would it say? The man asking the ...
Hyperallergic

Stories of an Assyrian King and What Became of His Empire

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