Many argue, that the image represents the unification of the sky with the Earth. Assyrian relief carvings from ancient Iraq, 883-859 BC, also show handbag carvings. Theories say that according to ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

They date back to the Assyrian King Sennacherib ... The sections underground were preserved and bear the carvings seen today; whatever was above-ground was wiped smooth over the centuries.

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.

And the resounding success of the Assyrian campaign is what is celebrated in these carvings. They're in shallow relief, and they'd have run like a continuous frieze pretty well from floor to ...

Other highly prized tributary items that had arrived at the Assyrian palaces from Phoenicia were ivory carvings and colored glass made by Phoenician artisans who were known for combining multiple ...